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SUBMITTER: DeLong JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6127111 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DeLong J P JP Bachman G G Gibert J P JP Luhring T M TM Montooth K L KL Neyer A A Reed B B
Biology letters 20180801 8
The sensitivity of metabolic rate to temperature constrains the climate in which ectotherms can function, yet the temperature dependence of metabolic rate may evolve in response to biotic and abiotic factors. We compiled a dataset on the temperature dependence of metabolic rate for heterotrophic ectotherms from studies that show a peak in metabolic rate at an optimal temperature (i.e. that describe the thermal performance curve for metabolic rate). We found that peak metabolic rates were lower i ...[more]