Thermal variability increases the impact of autumnal warming and drives metabolic depression in an overwintering butterfly

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Williams, Caroline M ^a,c   Marshall, Katie E ^a   MacMillan, Heath A ^a   Dzurisin, Jason D K ^b   Hellmann, Jessica J ^b   Sinclair, Brent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYNNIS PROPERTIUS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC RATE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; SPRING; WARMING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ERYNNIS; HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BUTTERFLIES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859132427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034470     Document Type: Article

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