Acclimation of thermal physiology in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster: A test of an optimality model

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2346-2355

  Cooper, B S ^a,c   Czarnoleski, M ^a,b   Angilletta, M J ^a,d  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Developmental plasticity; Drosophila melanogaster; Fecundity; Optimality theory; Performance curve; Reaction norm; Temperature; Thermal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; FECUNDITY; FLY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLORIDA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW JERSEY; TEMPERATURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77958616410     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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