Thermal ramping rate influences evolutionary potential and species differences for upper thermal limits in Drosophila

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 694-700

  Mitchell, Katherine A ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Knockdown time; Phylogenetic contrasts; Ramping; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77649214674     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01666.x     Document Type: Article

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