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Dietary lipid quality affects temperature-mediated reaction norms of a freshwater key herbivore.
Oecologia - 1 Apr 2012
Martin-Creuzburg Dominik, Wacker Alexander, Ziese Christine, Kainz Martin J
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Temperature-mediated plasticity in life history traits strongly affects the capability of ectotherms to cope with changing environmental temperatures. We hypothesised that temperature-mediated reaction norms of ectotherms are constrained by the availability of essential dietary lipids, i.e. polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and sterols, as these lipids are involved in the homeoviscous adaptation of biological...
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