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dc.contributor.authorCioffi, R
dc.contributor.authorMoody, John
dc.contributor.authorMillán, A
dc.contributor.authorBillington, Richard
dc.contributor.authorBilton, David
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-04T13:04:39Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561
dc.identifier.issn1744-957X
dc.identifier.otherARTN 20160130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/5017
dc.description.abstract

Geographical ranges vary greatly in size and position, even within recent clades, but the factors driving this remain poorly understood. In aquatic beetles, thermal niche has been shown to be related to both the relative range size and position of congeners but whether other physiological parameters play a role is unknown. Metabolic plasticity may be critical for species occupying more variable thermal environments and maintaining this plasticity may trade-off against other physiological processes such as immunocompetence. Here we combine data on thermal physiology with measures of metabolic plasticity and immunocompetence to explore these relationships in Deronectes (Dytiscidae). While variation in latitudinal range extent and position was explained in part by thermal physiology, aspects of metabolic plasticity and immunocompetence also appeared important. Northerly distributed, wide-ranging species apparently used different energy reserves under thermal stress from southern endemic congeners and differed in their antibacterial defences. This is the first indication that these processes may be related to geographical range, and suggests parameters that may be worthy of exploration in other taxa.

dc.format.extent20160130-20160130
dc.format.mediumPrint
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Royal Society
dc.subjectbiogeography
dc.subjectmacroecology/macrophysiology
dc.subjectthermal tolerance
dc.subjectimmunity
dc.subjectmetabolism
dc.subjectniche breadth hypothesis
dc.titlePhysiological niche and geographical range in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae).
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.issue6
plymouth.volume12
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalBiology letters
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsbl.2016.0130
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-04-30
dc.rights.embargodate2017-6-21
dc.identifier.eissn1744-957X
dc.rights.embargoperiod12 months
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1098/rsbl.2016.0130
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