How do organisms change size with changing temperature? The importance of reproductive method and ontogenetic timing

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1024-1031

  Forster, Jack ^a   Hirst, Andrew G ^a   Atkinson, David ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Growth; Multicellular; Plasticity; Reaction norms; Temperature size rule; Unicellular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECTOTHERMY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROORGANISM; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

METAZOA;

EID: 80053133649     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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