Modeling the effects of climate change-induced shifts in reproductive phenology on temperature-dependent traits

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 637-648

  Telemeco, Rory S ^a   Abbott, Karen C ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysemys picta; Constant temperature equivalent (CTE); Development; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA;

EID: 84876369183     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670051     Document Type: Article

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