Upper thermal limits in terrestrial ectotherms: How constrained are they?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 934-949

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Chown, Steven L ^b,c   Clusella Trullas, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comparative analysis; Evolution; Hardening; Insects; Plasticity; Upper thermal limit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECTOTHERMY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; INSECT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPTILE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; THRESHOLD;

HEXAPODA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84880737819     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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