Assay conditions in laboratory experiments: Is the use of constant rather than fluctuating temperatures justified when investigating temperature-induced plasticity?

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Fischer, Klaus ^a   Kölzow, Nadine ^a   Höltje, Henriette ^a   Karl, Isabell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hsp expression; Immune function; Life history plasticity; Phenoloxidase activity; Thermoperiod

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ASSAY; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY METHOD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PUPA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

LYCAENA TITYRUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79954421306     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1917-0     Document Type: Article

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