Upper thermal tolerance plasticity in tropical amphibian species from contrasting habitats: Implications for warming impact prediction

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-44

  Simon, Monique Nouailhetas ^a   Ribeiro, Pedro Leite ^a   Navas, Carlos Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acclimation scope; Anuran tadpoles; Atlantic forest; Brazilian Caatinga; CTmax; Warming vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMUM; HABITAT; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYPSIBOAS FABER; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PHYSALAEMUS CUVIERI; PLASTICITY; PLEURODEMA DIPLOLISTRIS; RHINELLA GRANULOSA; RHINELLA ICTERICA; RHINELLA ORNATA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84919924308     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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