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It is important to distinguish between thermal regulation and temperature control, as Bartholomew (1982) pointed out. Thermoregulation involves the maintenance of body temperature within a specified and usually fairly narrow range, whereas temperature control is much less precise. In the latter, rates of change may be modified, or a difference between body temperature and ambient temperature is maintained. In arthropods and reptiles, thermal regulation is achieved mainly by behavioural means: at the same time, there is often some capacity for physiological control of body temperature. The evolution of thermoregulation has been discussed by Whittow (1973).
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Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1991). Thermal Regulation and Control. In: Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles. Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_4
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