authority: geo-bon
slug: physiology
name: Physiology
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: species-traits
authority_id: geo-bon:physiology
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms:
    - dwc:scientificName
    - dwc:taxonID
    - dwc:organismID
    - dwc:measurementType
    - dwc:measurementValue
    - dwc:measurementUnit
canonical_units: varies
description: |
  Physiological traits and tolerances of individuals (e.g. thermal limits,
  metabolic rate, photosynthetic rate, water-use efficiency). Critical for
  climate-vulnerability assessment, niche modelling, and linking species
  responses to environmental change.
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/species-traits/
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)