Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Proc Biol Sci. 2012 May 7;279(1734):1840-6. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2000. Epub 2011 Nov 30.
The temperature size rule (TSR) is the tendency for ectotherms to develop faster but mature at smaller body sizes at higher temperatures. It can be explained by a simple model in which the rate of growth or biomass accumulation and the rate of development have different temperature dependence. The model accounts for both TSR and the less frequently observed reverse-TSR, predicts the fraction of energy allocated to maintenance and synthesis over the course of development, and also predicts that less total energy is expended when developing at warmer temperatures for TSR and vice versa for reverse-TSR. It has important implications for effects of climate change on ectothermic animals.
温度体型法则（TSR）是指变温动物在较高温度下生长更快但成熟时体型较小的趋势。这可以用一个简单的模型来解释，在这个模型中，生长或生物量积累的速度和发育的速度具有不同的温度依赖性。该模型解释了 TSR 以及较少观察到的反向 TSR，预测了在发育过程中用于维持和合成的能量分数，并且还预测了当 TSR 在温暖的温度下发育时，总能量消耗较少，反之亦然。它对气候变化对变温动物的影响具有重要意义。
