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Comparative physiology

an intermediate thermal strategy in which animals raise body temperature metabolically but do not defend a set point, proposed for dinosaurs from growth rate data.

In comparative physiology, mesothermy refers to an intermediate thermal strategy in which animals raise body temperature metabolically but do not defend a set point, proposed for dinosaurs from growth rate data. This meaning comes from Grady (2014) in Science.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs growth4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs set point3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Grady, J. M., Enquist, B. J., Dettweiler-Robinson, E., Wright, N. A., & Smith, F. A. (2014). Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs. Science, 344(6189), 1268-1272. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253143

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