Sex-Specific Differences in Thermal Fertility Limits.

Critical thermal limits (CTLs) are established viability thresholds when studying the impact of climate change on natural populations. Novel thermal fertility limits (TFLs) of species have been proposed alongside CTLs, to better assess the sublethal effects of rising temperatures on species persistence. However, sex-specific sensitivity of fertility to temperature also needs consideration.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2019-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2019.02.016PMID 30910426
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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