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High-Throughput Assays of Critical Thermal Limits in Insects
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High-Throughput Assays of Critical Thermal Limits in Insects

Published on: June 15, 2020

Insects in variable environments: thermal performance, standard metabolic rate, and strategies to escape its

Anton Stabentheiner1

  • 1Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria. anton.stabentheiner@uni-graz.at.

Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology
|June 30, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
InsectsRespirationStandard metabolic rateThermal performanceThermal reaction norm

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