A UNIFYING MODEL TO ESTIMATE THERMAL TOLERANCE LIMITS IN ECTOTHERMS ACROSS STATIC, DYNAMIC AND FLUCTUATING EXPOSURES TO THERMAL STRESS

A unifying model to estimate thermal tolerance limits in ectotherms across static, dynamic and fluctuating exposures to thermal stress

Abstract Temperature tolerance is critical for defining the fundamental niche of ectotherms and researchers classically use either static (exposure to a constant temperature) or dynamic (ramping temperature) assays to assess tolerance.The use of different methods complicates comparison between studies and here we present a mathematical model (and R

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