Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude

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Summary

The results show that warming in the tropics, although relatively small in magnitude, is likely to have the most deleterious consequences because tropical insects are relatively sensitive to temperature change and are currently living very close to their optimal temperature, so that warming may even enhance their fitness.

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2008-05-06
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Keywords

Ectotherm, Global warming, Tropics, Latitude, Climate change

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