Detrimental influence on performance of high temperature incubation in a tropical reptile: Is cooler better in the tropics?

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-91

  Bell, Kris ^a   Blomberg, Simon ^b   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Developmental acclimation; Ectotherm; Performance; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECTOTHERMY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII;

EID: 84872153960     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2409-6     Document Type: Article

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