Divergence in rates of phenotypic plasticity among ectotherms
Sigurd Einum1*and Tim Burton1,2
1Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
2Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, PO Box 5685, Torgarden, NO-7485, Trondheim, Norway.
*corresponding author: sigurd.einum@ntnu.no
Type of article: Letter
Number of words in abstract: 150
Number of words in main text: 4969
Number of references: 29
Number of figures: 3
Number of tables: 2
Statement of authorship: both authors conceived the study and identified data sources, SE extracted the data, conducted the analyses, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript, both authors contributed to revisions.
Data accessibility statement: The data will be published in Dryad upon acceptance
Running title: Variation in phenotypic plasticity rates
Keywords: Phenotypic plasticity, acclimation rate, comparative, temperature, time course, body size, selection, fitness, exponential decay, critical