Geographic variation in the response to thermal acclimation in rufous-collared sparrows: Are physiological flexibility and environmental heterogeneity correlated?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-515

  Cavieres, G ^a   Sabat, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aridity gradient; BMR; Phenotypic flexibility; TEWL; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 43949092131     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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