An oversimplification of physiological principles leads to flawed macroecological analyses

• Justin G. Boyles,
• Danielle L. Levesque,
• Julia Nowack,
• Michał S. Wojciechowski,
• Clare Stawski,
• Andrea Fuller,
• Ben Smit,
• Glenn J. Tattersall

Affiliations

Justin G. Boyles

Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory Center for Ecology School of Biological Sciences Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL USA

Danielle L. Levesque

School of Biology and Ecology University of Maine Orono ME USA

Julia Nowack

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK

Michał S. Wojciechowski

Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Ecology Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland

Clare Stawski

Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway

Andrea Fuller

Brain Function Research Group School of Physiology University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa

Ben Smit

Department of Zoology and Entomology Rhodes University Grahamstown South Africa

Glenn J. Tattersall

Department of Biological Sciences Brock University St. Catharines ON Canada