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IS A JACK‐OF‐ALL‐TEMPERATURES A MASTER OF NONE?
Author(s) -
Huey Raymond B.,
Hertz Paul E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1984.tb00302.x
Subject(s) - hertz , columbia university , library science , citation , sociology , art history , classics , media studies , history , computer science , telecommunications
FIG. I. Hypothetical performance curves of ectotherms as function of body temperature. (a) Example predicted from the Principle of Allocation, involving a tradeoff between maximum performance and breadth of performance. The categories "specialist" and "generalist" are not discrete but are endpoints on a continuum. (b) Example contradicting the Principle, in which traits that promote performance at one temperature promote performance at all temperatures. .. u c o E