Legacies, hard boundaries and adaptation to temperature extremes explain the variation of temperature tolerance across the tree of life
Ectothermic organisms rely on their surrounding conditions to maintain temperatures within a range that optimizes essential activities such as running, foraging and reproducing. Beyond this range, their performance or fitness decreases with a particularly fast loss of performance at high temperatures.
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12 July 2021
