Metabolic theory and the temperature-size rule explain the temperature dependence of population carrying capacity
JR Bernhardt, JM Sunday… - The American …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
The temperature dependence of highly conserved subcellular metabolic systems affects
ecological patterns and processes across scales, from organisms to ecosystems. Population …
ecological patterns and processes across scales, from organisms to ecosystems. Population …
Costs and benefits of thermoregulation revisited: both the heterogeneity and spatial structure of temperature drive energetic costs
MW Sears, MJ Angilletta Jr - The American Naturalist, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
In recent years, ecologists have stepped up to address the challenges imposed by rapidly
changing climates. Some researchers have developed niche-based methods to predict how …
changing climates. Some researchers have developed niche-based methods to predict how …
Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use
Ecosystem properties result in part from the characteristics of individual organisms. How
these individual traits scale to impact ecosystem‐level processes is currently unclear …
these individual traits scale to impact ecosystem‐level processes is currently unclear …
Local adaptation reduces the metabolic cost of environmental warming
Metabolism shapes the ecosystem role of organisms by dictating their energy demand and
nutrient recycling potential. Metabolic theory (MTE) predicts consumer metabolic and …
nutrient recycling potential. Metabolic theory (MTE) predicts consumer metabolic and …
A metabolic perspective on competition and body size reductions with warming
Temperature is a key driver of ecological processes and patterns. The ramifications of
temperature for ecological communities include not only its direct effects on the physiology …
temperature for ecological communities include not only its direct effects on the physiology …
Theoretical predictions for how temperature affects the dynamics of interacting herbivores and plants
Concern about climate change has spurred experimental tests of how warming affects
species' abundance and performance. As this body of research grows, interpretation and …
species' abundance and performance. As this body of research grows, interpretation and …
Variation in universal temperature dependence of biological rates
RB Huey, JG Kingsolver - Proceedings of the National …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
For more than a century, biologists have known that body temperature strongly affects the
capacities and rates of organisms and thus is a key determinant of organismal performance …
capacities and rates of organisms and thus is a key determinant of organismal performance …
Metabolic theory and elevational diversity of vertebrate ectotherms
CM McCain, NJ Sanders - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE) posits that the temperature‐dependent kinetics of
metabolism shape broad‐scale patterns of biodiversity. Here we test whether the MTE …
metabolism shape broad‐scale patterns of biodiversity. Here we test whether the MTE …
From metabolic constraints on individuals to the dynamics of ecosystems
A major challenge in biology is to predict eco-evolutionary dynamics—coupled changes in
the ecological dynamics of population density and the evolution of phenotypic (functional …
the ecological dynamics of population density and the evolution of phenotypic (functional …
The mechanistic basis of the metabolic theory of ecology
AP Allen, JF Gillooly - Oikos, 2007 - JSTOR
We welcome the opportunity to respond to O'Connor et al.(2007). We hope that this
exchange will help to clarify some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Metabolic theory …
exchange will help to clarify some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Metabolic theory …