The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth

Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 9
Published: Feb 19, 2021
Abstract
Understanding how species' thermal limits have evolved across the tree of life is central to predicting species' responses to climate change. Here, using experimentally-derived estimates of thermal tolerance limits for over 2000 terrestrial and aquatic species, we show that most of the variation in thermal tolerance can be attributed to a combination of adaptation to current climatic extremes, and the existence of evolutionary 'attractors' that...
Paper Details
Title
The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth
Published Date
Feb 19, 2021
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
1 - 9
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