Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-66

  Seebacher, Frank ^a   White, Craig R ^b   Franklin, Craig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECTOTHERMY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84927618070     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2457     Document Type: Article

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