Acclimation

Acclimation refers to the physiological, behavioral or biochemical adjustments made by an individual organism in response to changes in environmental conditions, such as temperature, altitude, salinity or light. These adjustments occur within the organism’s lifetime and do not involve genetic change. Acclimation can enhance short-term tolerance to environmental variation and differs from adaptation, which involves evolutionary changes across generations.

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