Generalist–specialist trade-off during thermal acclimation

Generalist–specialist trade-off during thermal acclimation

The shape of performance curves and their plasticity define how individuals and populations respond to environmental variability. In theory, maximum performance decreases with an increase in performance breadth. However, reversible acclimation may counteract this generalist-specialist trade-off, because performance optima track environmental conditions so that there is no benefit of generalist ...

Uncertainty trade-off and disturbance trade-off for quantum measurements

An important non-classical feature of quantum measurements is the celebrated uncertainty trade-off, namely that the uncertainties in the outcomes of measurements performed on distinct yet identically prepared ensembles of systems cannot all be made arbitrarily small. Recently, we have shown that quantum measurements also exhibit another non-classical feature of disturbance trade-off namely, tha...

Thermal acclimation of ecosystem CO2 fluxes

Effects of climate warming and declining species richness in grassland model ecosystems: acclimation of CO2 fluxes S. Vicca, P. Serrano-Ortiz, H. J. De Boeck, C. M. H. M. Lemmens, I. Nijs, R. Ceulemans, A. S. Kowalski, and I. A. Janssens Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (Campus Drie Eiken), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium D...

Thermal acclimation in a crustacean neuromuscular system.

1. Effects of temperature on the muscle fibre membrane and synapses of stretcher muscle preparations made from autotomized limbs of the Pacific shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes) were investigated. 2. Acclimation of the crabs to different temperatures modified properties of both muscle fibre membrane and synapses. 3. Increased temperature produced an increase in membrane potential of the muscl...

The Diversity-Bandwidth Trade-off