Talk:Ectotherm

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Unclear what the difference is between Ectotherm and Poikilotherm. Can you explain?

I don't know personally, I just found the two separate articles and created links between them. A biologist should look at both pages and decide if they need to be merged. --IanM 23:19, 2004 Jun 1 (UTC)

Ectotherm means derives heat from the environment, i.e. not primarily from metabolism of food. Poikilotherm means having varying body temperature. Many ectotherms are poikilothermic; probably almost all poikilotherms are ectothermic. The confusion comes from the fact that poikilothermic is a term that is not so much used anymore, precisely for this reason.

This whole article needs to be rewritten. There are numerous grammatical and syntax error (e.g. note the nonsensical sentence about geckos) and it seems that someone who was not up to the task copied (badly) some text from books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.137.52 (talk) 23:18, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

cold-blooded?[edit]

Doesn't 'ectotherm' mean 'cold-blooded'? Or similar? The term doesn't appear in the article at all. It also mentions Endotherm but not 'warm blooded', the informal term. OsamaBinLogin (talk) 07:37, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Potential Sources to Include[edit]

Buckley, L. B., Hurlbert, A. H., & Jetz, W. (2012). Broad‐scale ecological implications of ectothermy and endothermy in changing environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21(9), 873-885.

Glanville, E. J., & Seebacher, F. (2006). Compensation for environmental change by complementary shifts of thermal sensitivity and thermoregulatory behaviour in an ectotherm. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(24), 4869-4877.

Gunderson, A. R., & Leal, M. (2015). Patterns of thermal constraint on ectotherm activity. The American Naturalist, 185(5), 653-664.

Huey, R. B., & Berrigan, D. (2001). Temperature, demography, and ectotherm fitness. The American Naturalist, 158(2), 204-210.

Huey, R. B., & Kingsolver, J. G. (1989). Evolution of thermal sensitivity of ectotherm performance. Trends in ecology & evolution, 4(5), 131-135.

Partridge, L., & French, V. (1996). Thermal evolution of ectotherm body size: why get big in the cold. Animals and temperature: Phenotypic and evolutionary adaptation, 59, 265.

Wright, R. K., & Cooper, E. L. (1981). Temperature effects on ectotherm immune responses. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 5, 117-122.

BarredOwl.00 (talk) 15:12, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]