Can High Temperatures Affect Body Size in Insects? The Case of Rubyspot Damselflies in the Colombian Western Andes

Can High Temperatures Affect Body Size in Insects? The Case of Rubyspot Damselflies in the Colombian Western Andes

Basal metabolic rates (BMRs) increase with temperature and body mass. Environmental temperatures rapidly change in tropical mountains due to elevation (macro scale) and vegetation structure (micro scale). Thus, tropical mountains are good settings for testing the effects of temperature on BMRs. We m...

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Main Authors: Cornelio A. Bota-Sierra, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez, Melissa Sánchez-Herrera, Gustavo A. Londoño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
thermoregulation
metabolic basal rate
oxygen consumption
temperature
forests
tropical mountains
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/12/743
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