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Thermal niche conservatism in an environmental gradient in the spider Sicarius thomisoides (Araneae: Sicariidae):

A Taucare-Rios1, C Veloso2, R O Bustamante3

  • 1Centro de Investigación en Medio Ambiente (CENIMA), Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique, Chile.

Journal of Thermal Biology
|December 5, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
CT (max)CT (min)MicrohabitatNiche conservatismThermal performance

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