Body Size Shifts Influence Effects Of Increasing Temperatures On Ectotherm Metabolism

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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION METHODS RESULTS DATA ACCESSIBILITY BIOSKETCH REFERENCES Environmental temperature influences organisms in many ways; temperature increases or decreases rates of physiological processes (Brown et al., 2012), determines timing of reproduction (Olive, 1995), and even directly affects mortality (Pauly, 1980). Because of the far-reaching influence of temperature, projected increases in global temperatures due to climate change are expected to substantially alter diverse species characteristics. Increased temperatures have already been implicated in shifts in species geographic distributions (e.g., Buckley et al., 2010), and in the phenology of species life history and development (e.g., Wolkovich ...