Rapid change in the thermal tolerance of a tropical lizard

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 815-822

  Leal, Manuel ^a   Gunderson, Alex R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Climate change; Ecological timescale; Phenotypic change; Thermal tolerance; Tropical ectotherms

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; COLD; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARD; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLORIDA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARDS; PUERTO RICO; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84869155543     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668077     Document Type: Note

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