Does acclimation at higher temperatures affect the locomotor performance of one of the southernmost reptiles in the world?

When an animal in the laboratory experiences a change in temperature, physiological processes are affected but they stabilize under the new temperature condition over a few weeks by a process of phenotypic plasticity called acclimation, but whether an organism can acclimate or not depends on the tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jimena Fernández, Nora Ibargüengoytía
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-12-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1663