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The old and the large may suffer disproportionately during episodes of high temperature: evidence from a keystone zooplankton species

Widespread declines in the body size of aquatic ectotherms have been attributed to the poorer ability of older, larger individuals to tolerate high temperature. Here, using the thermal death time curve framework, we investigate the relationship between temperature tolerance and size/age by measuring...

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Autores principales: Burton, Tim, Einum, Sigurd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7210711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32411372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa038