Climate change is already impacting species around the world. Although most focus has
been on the effect of temperature, changes in climatic variables other than temperature are …

Recent global warming threatens many species and has already caused population‐and
species‐level extinctions. In particular, high risks of extinction are expected for isolated …

In ectotherms, environmental factors shape the distribution of species mediated by
ecophysiological constraints such as thermal requirements and water stress. Species with …

There is justified concern about the impact of global warming on the persistence of tropical
ectotherms. There is also growing evidence for strong selection on climate-relevant …

Warming climates are facilitating the range expansion of many taxa to habitats that were
formerly thermally inhospitable, including to higher latitudes and elevations. The potential for …

Ectotherms engage in behavioral thermoregulation to optimize body temperatures, however,
thermoregulatory effort varies across species, over time, and among habitats. Classic cost …

Thermal constraints may limit the physiology and behaviour of ectotherms because of the
high thermal dependence of metabolic functions. The adaptive mechanisms of …

Aim Physiological and metabolic performance are key mediators of the functional response
of species to environmental change. Few environments offer such a multifaceted array of …

The emerging field of mechanistic niche modelling aims to link the functional traits of
organisms to their environments to predict survival, reproduction, distribution and …

The maintenance of optimal body temperatures has profound consequences on all aspects
of ectotherms life history, like fitness and performance, and has been the subject of research …