Phenotypic variance, plasticity and heritability estimates of critical thermal limits depend on methodological context

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Jumbam, Keafon R ^a   Sørensen, Jesper G ^b   Terblanche, John S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Broad sense heritability; CTMax; CTMin; Heating rate; Macrophysiology; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ANT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 58349097902     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01481.x     Document Type: Article

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