Extensive Acclimation in Ectotherms Conceals Interspecific Variation in Thermal Tolerance Limits

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 3; p. e0150408
• Main Authors: Pintor, Anna F. V., Schwarzkopf, Lin, Krockenberger, Andrew K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.03.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acclimation; Acclimatization; Acclimatization - physiology; Analysis; Animals; Biochemistry; Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Body temperature; Climate change; Climatic extremes; Cold; Cold tolerance; Data analysis; Data processing; Earth Sciences; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Environmental aspects; Environmental science; Evolution; Influence; Interspecific; Laboratories; Lizards - physiology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Metabolism; Models, Biological; Physical Sciences; Physiological adaptation; Physiology; Reptiles; Reptiles & amphibians; Research and Analysis Methods; Seasonal variations; Species; Temperature tolerance; Thermal stress; Time Factors; Trends; Wild animals; Zoology; Australia

Species' tolerance limits determine their capacity to tolerate climatic extremes and limit their potential distributions. Interspecific variation in thermal tolerances is often proposed to indicate climatic vulnerability and is, therefore, the subject of many recent meta-studies on differential...