thermoconform
verbEtymology From thermo- + conform.
1
To adopt the surrounding temperature
- First, a reptile that thermoconforms while active (slope = 1) may still achieve a low variance in body temperature by restricting its activity to times and habitats with suitable microenvironments.1982, Carl Gans, F. Harvey Pough, Biology of the reptilia, volume 12:
- They must either thermoconform to their environment, if their environmental temperature is relatively constant or if they can tolerate fluctuations in T_b, or use behavioral regulatory mechanisms to maintain a T_b that is somewhat independent of environmental temperature.2014, Encyclopedia of Ecology, →OCLC, page 189:
- Related terms
- thermoconformity