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 chan...
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Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP
2016
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Online Access: | http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41135/tde-21022017-095612/ |