Declining body size: A third universal response to warming?
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Gardner, Janet; Peters, Anne; Kearney, Michael R; Joseph, Leo; Heinsohn, Robert
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A recently documented correlate of anthropogenic climate change involves reductions in body size, the nature and scale of the pattern leading to suggestions of a third universal response to climate warming. Because body size affects thermoregulation and energetics, changing body size has implications for resilience in the face of climate change. A review of recent studies shows heterogeneity in the magnitude and direction of size responses, exposing a need for large-scale phylogenetically...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Gardner, Janet | |
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dc.contributor.author | Peters, Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Kearney, Michael R | |
dc.contributor.author | Joseph, Leo | |
dc.contributor.author | Heinsohn, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T23:32:58Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0169-5347 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69083 | |
dc.description.abstract | A recently documented correlate of anthropogenic climate change involves reductions in body size, the nature and scale of the pattern leading to suggestions of a third universal response to climate warming. Because body size affects thermoregulation and energetics, changing body size has implications for resilience in the face of climate change. A review of recent studies shows heterogeneity in the magnitude and direction of size responses, exposing a need for large-scale phylogenetically controlled comparative analyses of temporal size change. Integrative analyses of museum data combined with new theoretical models of size-dependent thermoregulatory and metabolic responses will increase both understanding of the underlying mechanisms and physiological consequences of size shifts and, therefore, the ability to predict the sensitivities of species to climate change. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.source | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | |
dc.subject | Keywords: body size; climate change; comparative study; energetics; heterogeneity; museum; phylogenetics; thermoregulation; adaptation; animal; animal food; biological model; body size; energy metabolism; genetics; greenhouse effect; physiology; review; species dif | |
dc.title | Declining body size: A third universal response to warming? | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 26 | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 050101 - Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060306 - Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f2965xPUB1914 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gardner, Janet, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Peters, Anne, Monash University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kearney, Michael R, University of Melbourne | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Joseph, Leo, CSIRO | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Heinsohn, Robert, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 6 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 285 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 291 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.005 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 960305 - Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T08:19:25Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-79956058649 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000291843900008 | |
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