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thermal inertia

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on thermal inertia with 9 nodes and 15 connections. Top connected: thermal performance, pitfall trapping (Silphidae), wing loading, thermoregulatory performance index, operative temperature (Silphidae).

Definition

The ability of larger organisms to maintain elevated body temperatures longer due to lower surface area to volume ratios and slower cooling rates

Publications (1)

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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental Biologytested

Related Concepts (3)

thermal performance

process2 shared papers

wing loading

measurement1 shared paper

thermoregulatory performance index

metric1 shared paper