Thermal tolerances in rodents: Species that evolved in cold climates exhibit a wider thermoneutral zone

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-152

  Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Ferri Yáñez, Francisco ^b,c,d   Naya, Hugo ^e   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,c,d   Naya, Daniel E ^e  

^a Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile   (Chile)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energetics; Environmental temperature; Global ecology; Macrophysiology; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84910041894     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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