Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation

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

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5610-5615

  Sunday, Jennifer M ^a,b   Bates, Amanda E ^c,d   Kearney, Michael R ^e   Colwell, Robert K ^f,g   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^b   Longino, John T ^h   Huey, Raymond B ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Sensitivity; Macrophysiology; Operative Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD TOLERANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT USE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEATING; LATITUDE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TROPICS;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; MACROPHYSIOLOGY; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84898815817     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316145111     Document Type: Article

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