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|description='''Ectotherms''' are organisms whose body temperatures conform to the thermal environment. In many cases, therefore, ectotherms are [[poicilotherms | poicilothermic]].
|description='''Ectotherms''' are organisms whose body temperatures conform to the thermal environment. In many cases, therefore, ectotherms are [[poicilotherms | poicilothermic]].
|info=[[Hochachka 2002 Oxford Univ Press | Hochachka, Somero 2002]]
|info=[[Hochachka 2002 Oxford Univ Press | Hochachka, Somero 2002]]
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== Compare ==
== Normothermia: from endotherms to ectotherms ==
* [[Endothermy]]
* ''More details:'' [[Normothermia]]
* [[Heterothermy]]
* [[Homeothermy]]
 
* [[Poicilotherms]]

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Ectotherms

Description

Ectotherms are organisms whose body temperatures conform to the thermal environment. In many cases, therefore, ectotherms are poicilothermic.


Reference: Hochachka, Somero 2002







Normothermia: from endotherms to ectotherms

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