A conceptual framework for understanding thermal constraints on ectotherm activity with implications for predicting responses to global change

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-120

  Gunderson, Alex R ^a,b   Leal, Manuel ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Activity; Behaviour; Ectotherm; Global change; Physiology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECTOTHERMY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ANOLIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84953353756     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12552     Document Type: Article

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