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Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change

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  • Frank Seebacher

    (School of Biological Sciences A08, University of Sydney)

  • Craig R. White

    (School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland)

  • Craig E. Franklin

    (School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland)

Abstract

Acclimation, a form of physiological plasticity, is the capacity for organisms to physiologically adjust to temperature variation. Such changes can potentially reduce climate change impacts on animal populations. Research synthesizing the current state of knowledge about physiological plasticity in ectotherms shows that freshwater and marine animals seem to have a greater capacity for acclimation than terrestrial ones.

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  • Frank Seebacher & Craig R. White & Craig E. Franklin, 2015. "Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 61-66, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_nclimate2457
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2457
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    1. Crawford Drury & Jenna Dilworth & Eva Majerová & Carlo Caruso & Justin B. Greer, 2022. "Expression plasticity regulates intraspecific variation in the acclimatization potential of a reef-building coral," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Yuuki Y. Watanabe & Nicholas L. Payne, 2023. "Thermal sensitivity of metabolic rate mirrors biogeographic differences between teleosts and elasmobranchs," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Rebecca L. Kordas & Samraat Pawar & Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos & Guy Woodward & Eoin J. O’Gorman, 2022. "Metabolic plasticity can amplify ecosystem responses to global warming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    4. Elizabeth G. Hanna & Peter W. Tait, 2015. "Limitations to Thermoregulation and Acclimatization Challenge Human Adaptation to Global Warming," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-41, July.
    5. Yumeng Cheng & Hongmei Li & Lulu Liu & Guangjun Wang & Haojing Gu & Belinda Luke, 2022. "Sex and Body Colour Affect the Variation in Internal Body Temperature of Oedaleus decorus asiaticus in Natural Habitats in Inner Mongolia, China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-11, June.
    6. Hester Weaving & John S. Terblanche & Patrice Pottier & Sinead English, 2022. "Meta-analysis reveals weak but pervasive plasticity in insect thermal limits," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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