Thermal physiological traits in tropical lowland amphibians: Vulnerability to climate warming and cooling.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is affecting biodiversity and ecosystem function worldwide, and the lowland tropics are of special concern because organisms living in this region experience temperatures that are close to their upper thermal limits. However, it remains unclear how and whether tropical lowland species will be able to cope with the predicted pace of climate warming. Additionally, there is growing interest in examining how quickly thermal physiological traits have evolved across taxa, and whether thermal physiological traits are evolutionarily conserved or labile. We measured critical thermal maximum (CTmax) and minimum (CTmin) in 56 species of lowland Amazonian frogs to determine the extent of phylogenetic conservatism in tolerance to heat and cold, and to predict species' vulnerability to cl

SUBMITTER: von May R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675106 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature