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Conserved ecophysiology despite disparate microclimatic conditions in a gecko.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology - 1 Apr 2022
Schwarz Rachel, Dror Liat, Stark Gavin, Gefen Eran, Kronfeld-Schor Noga, Chapple David G, Meiri Shai
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Microscale differences in the habitats organisms occupy can influence selection regimes and promote intraspecific variation of traits. Temperature-dependent traits can be locally adapted to climatic conditions or be highly conserved and insensitive to directional selection under all but the most extreme regimes, and thus be similar across populations. The opposing slopes of Nahal Oren canyon in the Carmel...
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