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Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation
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Significance: We find that most terrestrial ectotherms are insufficiently tolerant of high temperatures to survive the warmest potential body temperatures in exposed habitats and must therefore thermoregulate by using shade, burrows, or evaporative cooling. Our results reveal that exposure to extreme heat can occur even at high elevations and latitudes and show why heat-tolerance limits are relatively invariant in comparison with cold limits. To survive climate warming, ectotherms in most areas may need to rely on behaviors—and have access to habitats—that provide a reprieve from extreme operative temperatures.
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“…analyses that predict large-scale patterns in the vulnerability of ectotherms to climate warming often invoke the concept of the “ thermal-safety margin ” (3 – 6), which measures the difference between a species ’ maximum tolerance to heat and the warm air temperatures it regularly experiences.”
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- Authors
- Sunday, J. M., Bates, A. E., Kearney, M. R., Colwell, R. K., Dulvy, N. K., Longino, J. T., & Huey, R. B.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2014-03-10
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 5610-5615
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2022776523
- Cited by
- 1,261
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 65.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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