Costs and benefits of thermoregulation revisited: Both the heterogeneity and spatial structure of temperature drive energetic costs

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2015, Pages E94-E102

  Sears, Michael W ^a   Angilletta, Michael J ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Climate; Ectotherm; Heterogeneity; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NICHE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928251806     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680008     Document Type: Article

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