ArticleEcology and evolution2018
The temperature-size rule in
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Ectotherm Size- and Age-At-Maturity in a Warmer, Variable and Resource-Poor World.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Complex and lasting impacts of heatwaves on life-history traits and fitness in Daphnia magna.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
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- Temperature-size responses during ontogeny are independent of progenitors' thermal environments.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Zoobooth: A portable, open-source and affordable approach for repeated size measurements of live individual zooplankton.Heliyon · 2023Article
- A Non-Stressful Temperature Rise and Greater Food Availability Could Increase Tolerance to Calcium Limitation ofBiology · 2022Article
- Quantitative mismatch between empirical temperature-size rule slopes and predictions based on oxygen limitation.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature-size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2021Article
- Food availability modulates temperature-dependent effects on growth, reproduction, and survival inEcology and evolution · 2020Article
- The temperature-size rule inEcology and evolution · 2018Article
- Temperature-driven response reversibility and short-term quasi-acclimation of Daphnia magna.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Ectotherms tend to grow faster, but reach a smaller size when reared under warmer conditions. This temperature-size rule (TSR) is a widespread phenomenon. Despite the generality of this pattern, no general explanation has been found. We therefore tested the relative importance of two proposed mechanisms for the TSR: (1) a stronger increase in development rate relative to growth rate at higher temperatures, which would cause a smaller size at maturity, and (2) resource limitation placing stronger constraints on growth in large individuals at higher temperatures, which would cause problems with attaining a large size in warm conditions. We raised
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