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Definition of Ectotherms
1. ectotherm [n] - See also: ectotherm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectotherms
Literary usage of Ectotherms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preparing for Climate Change: Proceedings, Second North American Conference (1993)
"t0) t is chronological time and k is With ectotherms at a juvenile or "log-phase"
stage of their maturation process in benign circumstances, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"(5, 6) have shown in two ectotherms that at least part of the temperature-detecting
mechanism is centrally located. They found that alteration of the ..."
3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"It may be instructive to moniter and evaluate short-term (50 to 100 year) changes
in the distributions of select species of terrestrial ectotherms ..."
4. Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines by National Academies Press, National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"... effects of teratogenic compounds on reproduction and development in ectotherms,
and the indirect effects of contaminants on wildlife. ..."
5. Information Resources for Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, and Cephalopods Used by D'Anna J. Berry (1994)
"... Descriptors: ectotherms, fish, amphibians, reptiles. 17 The choice of nonmammalian
models in biomedical studies. Kleinzeller, A. In: Nonmammalian Animal ..."
6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"Many, if not most, ectotherms have a body temperature range to which they are
adapted, in which they enjoy maximum physiological efficiency. ..."
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