Thermal trait variation is of fundamental importance to forecasting the impacts of
environmental change on lizard diversity. Here, we review the literature for patterns of …

Species may exhibit similar thermal tolerances via either common ancestry or environmental
filtering and local adaptation, if the species inhabit similar environments. We ask whether …

Research addressing the effects of global warming on the distribution and persistence of
species generally assumes that population variation in thermal tolerance is spatially …

The widespread observation that heat tolerance is less variable than cold tolerance ('cold‐
tolerance asymmetry') leads to the prediction that species exposed to temperatures near …

Over the coming decades, our planet will experience a dramatic increase in average
temperatures and an increase in the variance around those temperatures leading to more …

Ectothermic species are particularly sensitive to changes in temperature and may adapt to
changes in thermal environments through evolutionary shifts in thermal physiology or …

Understanding how quickly physiological traits evolve is a topic of great interest, particularly
in the context of how organisms can adapt in response to climate warming. Adjustment to …

Ectotherms that maintain thermal balance in the face of varying climates should be able to
colonise a wide range of habitats. In lizards, thermoregulation usually appears as a variety …

Natural populations respond to selection pressures like increasing local temperatures in
many ways, including plasticity and adaptation. To predict the response of ectotherms like …

Preferred body temperatures (T sel) of ectotherms are important for ecological and
evolutionary studies. In lizards, the measurement of T sel is controversial for several …