Size, temperature, and fitness: Three rules

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-268

  Kingsolver, Joel G ^a   Huey, Raymond B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Development time; Fitness metrics; Haiku; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GREVILLEA BANKSII; HEXAPODA; REPTILIA;

EID: 41849129567     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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