Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change

Frank Seebacher (), Craig R. White and Craig E. Franklin
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Frank Seebacher: School of Biological Sciences A08, University of Sydney
Craig R. White: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
Craig E. Franklin: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 61-66

Abstract: Acclimation, a form of physiological plasticity, is the capacity for organisms to physiologically adjust to temperature variation. Such changes can potentially reduce climate change impacts on animal populations. Research synthesizing the current state of knowledge about physiological plasticity in ectotherms shows that freshwater and marine animals seem to have a greater capacity for acclimation than terrestrial ones.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2457

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