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New framework sheds light on how, not if, climate change affects cold-blooded animals
2016-01-19 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Cold-blooded animals like lizards, insects and fish have a preferred body temperature range at which they hunt, eat, move quickly and reproduce. Fear that a warming climate will constrict this temperature range underlies recent studies that warn of the detrimental effects of climate change on the activity and survival of cold-blooded animals. While not contradicting these warnings, a new paper published in the latest issue of Ecology Letters offers a revised framework…
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