Evaluating temperature regulation by field-active ectotherms: the fallacy of the inappropriate question.

Hertz PE, Huey RB, Stevenson RD

DOI: 10.1086/285573
Published: 1993 Nov
Container: The American naturalist
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@article{allodium:10.1086/285573,
  title = {Evaluating temperature regulation by field-active ectotherms: the fallacy of the inappropriate question.},
  author = {Hertz PE and Huey RB and Stevenson RD},
  year = {1993},
  journal = {The American naturalist},
  doi = {10.1086/285573},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1086/285573}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluating temperature regulation by field-active ectotherms: the fallacy of the inappropriate question.
AU  - Hertz PE
AU  - Huey RB
AU  - Stevenson RD
PY  - 1993
JO  - The American naturalist
DO  - 10.1086/285573
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1086/285573
ER  -

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PE, H., RB, H., & RD, S. (1993). Evaluating temperature regulation by field-active ectotherms: the fallacy of the inappropriate question.. The American naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/285573

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