Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1372-1385

  Sinclair, Brent J ^a   Marshall, Katie E ^b,k   Sewell, Mary A ^c   Levesque, Danielle L ^d,l   Willett, Christopher S ^e   Slotsbo, Stine ^f   Dong, Yunwei ^g   Harley, Christopher D G ^b   Marshall, David J ^h   Helmuth, Brian S ⁱ   Huey, Raymond B ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

ⁱ NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body temperature; climate change; fitness; thermal performance; thermal variability

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECTOTHERMY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FITNESS; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL REGIME;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TIME FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85011586067     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12686     Document Type: Review

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