Methodological assessment of the Critical Thermal Maximum (CTmax) of anuran larvae: interaction among the experimental heating rates, ontogeny and body mass

Thermal limits for ectothermic animals displays a picture of the range of body temperatures that is tolerable by individuals before their locomotory capacity is impaired. However, thermal limits are not fixed and specific traits, but labile ones subjected to plastic adjustments and evolutionary...

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Main Author: Gustavo Adolfo Agudelo Cantero
Other Authors: Carlos Arturo Navas Iannini
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41135/tde-21022017-095612/