Urban Physiology: City Ants Possess High Heat Tolerance

Urbanization has caused regional increases in temperature that exceed those measured on a global scale, leading to urban heat islands as much as 12°C hotter than their surroundings. Optimality models predict ectotherms in urban areas should tolerate heat better and cold worse than ectotherms in rura...

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Autores principales: Angilletta, Michael J., Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C., Sears, Michael W., Navas, Carlos A., Ribeiro, Pedro L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17327918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000258

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17327918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000258

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