Keyword

ectotherms

Description: Organisms whose body temperature depends largely on external environmental heat because internal heat production is comparatively small.

Primary topic: Physiological and biochemical adaptations (55%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q587698

OpenAlex ID: keywords/ectotherms

Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate

2001 · James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown, et al. · Science · 3,798

Temperature and Organism Size—A Biological Law for Ectotherms?

1994 · D. Atkinson · Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research · 2,440

Global warming benefits the small in aquatic ecosystems

2009 · Martin Daufresne, Kathrin Lengfellner, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,687

Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components

1987 · Timothy A Mousseau, Derek A Roff · Heredity · 1,662

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Thermal tolerance and the global redistribution of animals

2012 · Jennifer M. Sunday, Amanda E. Bates, et al. · Nature Climate Change · 1,585

Integrating Thermal Physiology and Ecology of Ectotherms: A Discussion of Approaches

1979 · RAYMOND B. HUEY, R.D. STEVENSON · American Zoologist · 1,556

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Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

2012 · Raymond B. Huey, Michael R. Kearney, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,447

Climate variations and the physiological basis of temperature dependent biogeography: systemic to molecular hierarchy of thermal tolerance in animals

2002 · H.O Pörtner · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 1,437

The evolution of thermal physiology in ectotherms

2002 · Michael J. Angilletta, Peter H. Niewiarowski, et al. · Journal of Thermal Biology · 1,409

Evolution of thermal sensitivity of ectotherm performance

1989 · Raymond B. Huey, Joel G. Kingsolver · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1,351

Global analysis of thermal tolerance and latitude in ectotherms

2010 · Jennifer M. Sunday, Amanda E. Bates, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,299

Thermal Adaptation in Biological Membranes: Is Homeoviscous Adaptation the Explanation?

1995 · J R Hazel · Annual Review of Physiology · 1,288

Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation

2014 · Jennifer M. Sunday, Amanda E. Bates, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,264

Body size, metabolic rate, generation time, and the molecular clock.

1993 · A P Martin, S R Palumbi · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,239

Climate change and temperature-dependent biogeography: oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance in animals

2001 · P�rtner H. · Die Naturwissenschaften · 1,160

The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer “cold-blooded” animals against climate warming

2009 · Michael Kearney, Richard Shine, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,145

Temperature as an Ecological Resource

1979 · JOHN J. MAGNUSON, LARRY B. CROWDER, et al. · American Zoologist · 1,086

Adaptive Intrinsic Growth Rates: An Integration Across Taxa

1997 · Jeffrey D. Arendt · The Quarterly Review of Biology · 1,071

Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change

2011 · Jennifer A. Sheridan, David Bickford · Nature Climate Change · 1,070

Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming

2014 · David A. Vasseur, John P. DeLong, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1,035

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Membrane fluidity and its roles in the perception of environmental signals

2004 · Dmitry A. Los, Norio Murata · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes · 1,020

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Temperature, Growth Rate, and Body Size in Ectotherms: Fitting Pieces of a Life-History Puzzle

2004 · M. J. Angilletta · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 1,013

Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change

2014 · Frank Seebacher, Craig R. White, et al. · Nature Climate Change · 1,004

Species Co-occurrence: a Meta-analysis of J. M. Diamond's Assembly Rules Model

2002 · Nicholas J. Gotelli, Declan J. McCabe · Ecology · 989

Inbreeding depression in the wild

1999 · Peter Crnokrak, Derek A Roff · Heredity · 961

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Works count: 7,306

Citation count: 211,800