Widespread rapid reductions in body size of adult salamanders in response to climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1751-1759

  Caruso, Nicholas M ^a,b   Sears, Michael W ^c   Adams, Dean C ^d   Lips, Karen R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Body size; Climate; Evolution; Metabolism; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; BIOPHYSICS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM;

APPALACHIANS;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODON; SALAMANDROIDEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URODELA;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URODELA;

EID: 84899999491     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12550     Document Type: Article

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