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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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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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| 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 |