Universal Thermal Performance Curve (VIDEO)
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From lizards running on a treadmill, to sharks swimming in the ocean, and cell division rates in bacteria — the universal thermal performance curve applies to all species and dictates how they respond to temperature change. Once things get too hot, performance tails off rapidly. Data collapse, and models converge, onto this Universal Thermal Performance Curve (UTPC), which only requires optimal and critical temperatures as parameters.
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Prof. Andrew Jackson, Trinity College Dublin
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