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To what extent do physiological tolerances determine elevational range limits of mammals?
A key question in biology concerns the extent to which distributional range limits of species are determined by intrinsic limits of physiological tolerance. Here, we use common‐garden data for wild rodents to assess whether species with higher elevational range limits typically have higher thermogenic capacities in comparison to closely related lowland species. Among South American leaf‐eared mice (genus
- Award ID(s):
- 2114465
- PAR ID:
- 10471147
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Physiology
- ISSN:
- 0022-3751
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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