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Metabolic cold adaptation contributes little to the interspecific variation in metabolic rates of 65 species of Drosophilidae.

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Published in 2017 at "Journal of insect physiology"

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.02.003

Abstract: Metabolic cold adaptation (MCA) is a controversial hypothesis suggesting that cold adapted species display an elevated metabolic rate (MR) compared to their warm climate relatives. Here we test for the presence of MCA in 65… read more here.

Keywords: metabolic cold; cold adaptation; adaptation contributes; interspecific variation ... See more keywords