Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3713-3725

  Terblanche, John S ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b   Mitchell, Katherine A ^b,c   Rako, Lea ^b   Le Roux, Peter C ^a,d   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chill coma; Ecological relevance; Ectotherm; Heat; Ramping; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 80055005418     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061283     Document Type: Review

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