The physiology of climate change: how potentials for acclimatization and genetic adaptation will determine ‘winners’ and ‘losers’

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Summary

This work states that local extinctions from heat death may be offset by in-migration of genetically warm-adapted conspecifics from mid-latitude ‘hot spots’, where midday low tides in summer select for heat tolerance.

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review
Published
2010-03-15
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Keywords

Ectotherm, Acclimatization, Biology, Climate change, Local adaptation

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