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Temperature influences the complex processes of reproduction, development and growth in several ways. It may act as a rate function (Q10 effect), it may be the signal that initiates the process or, finally, it may be a threshold factor such that a particular temperature(s) is necessary for continuation of the process.
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Cossins, A.R., Bowler, K. (1987). Effect of temperature on reproduction, development and growth. In: Temperature Biology of Animals. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3127-5_7
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