Dung beetles show metabolic plasticity as pupae and smaller adult body size in response to increased temperature mean and variance.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104215
Abstract: Though organisms may use thermal plasticity to cope with novel temperature regimes, our understanding of plastic responses is limited. Research on thermal plasticity has traditionally focused on the response of organisms to shifts in mean… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; response; thermal plasticity; mean variance ... See more keywords