Phenotypic clines, energy balances and ecological responses to climate change

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-50

  Buckley, Lauren B ^a   Nufio, César R ^b,c   Kingsolver, Joel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical model; Energy budget; Energy use and costs; Grasshopper; Metabolic rate; Phenotype; Population dynamics; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOPHYSICS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY USE; GRASSHOPPER; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CAELIFERA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CAELIFERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY USE AND COSTS; HEAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; METABOLIC RATE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY USE AND COSTS; GRASSHOPPER; METABOLIC RATE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THERMAL TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890798916     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12083     Document Type: Article

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