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thermoregulatory performance index

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on thermoregulatory performance index with 26 nodes and 99 connections. Top connected: Bombus, not specified, Populus, Populus tremuloides, Apis mellifera.

Definition

Slope of post-flight thoracic temperature against ambient temperature, where slopes closer to zero indicate better thermoregulatory ability

Publications (1)

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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental Biologymeasured

Related Concepts (3)

thermal performance

process2 shared papers

thermal inertia

process1 shared paper

wing loading

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper

Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Caprifoliaceae1 paper

Prunus virginiana

Rosaceae1 paper

chickens

1 paper

Redwood

1 paper

Populus

Salicaceae1 paper

Colias butterflies

1 paper

not specified

not specified1 paper

All Chickens

1 paper

Bombus

Apidae1 paper