... data. Acclimation Plasticity Fluctuating environments Laboratory Captivity Field Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 Most experimental biologists work in labs. Sheltered from the unpredictability...

... of thermal performance curves are adapted to local climatic conditions. For example, thermal breadths are greater, and critical minimum temperatures are lower, for populations and species at higher than at lower latitudes ( Sunday et al., 2011 ). Acclimation Thermal performance curves Fluctuating...