Warming-induced reductions in body size are greater in aquatic than terrestrial species

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 19310-19314

  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

Aerobic scope; Physiology; Plasticity; Scaling

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY MASS; ECTOTHERMIC TEMPERATURE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WARMING;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FRESH WATER; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869757784     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210460109     Document Type: Article

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