The impact of seasonality in temperature on thermal tolerance and elevational range size

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2134-2143

  Sheldon, Kimberly S ^a   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Luc Hoffmann Institute WWF International   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Geographic range size; Global warming; Latitudinal gradients; Nicrophorus; Scarabaeinae; Thermal physiology; Thermotolerance; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; DEMOGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84905653131     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1703.1     Document Type: Article

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