Temperature varies on a daily and seasonal scale and thermal fluctuations are predicted to
become even more pronounced under future climate changes. Studies suggest that plastic …

Adaptation to environmental variability is a prerequisite for species' persistence in their
natural environments. With climate change predicted to increase the frequency and severity …

Terrestrial ectotherms are challenged by variation in both mean and variance of
temperature. Phenotypic plasticity (thermal acclimation) might mitigate adverse effects …

Organisms are exposed to temperatures that vary, for example on diurnal and seasonal time
scales. Thus, the ability to behaviorally and/or physiologically respond to variation in …

Most plant thermal tolerance studies focus on single critical thresholds, which limit the
capacity to generalise across studies and predict heat stress under natural conditions. In …

Background Metabolomic responses to extreme thermal stress have recently been
investigated in Drosophila melanogaster. However, a network level understanding of …

Frequent exposure of terrestrial insects to temperature variation has led to the evolution of
protective biochemical and physiological mechanisms, such as the heat shock response …

Thermal tolerance is a critical determinant of ectotherm distribution, which is likely to be
influenced by future climate change. To predict such distributional changes, simple and …

Adaptive responses to thermal stress typically involve a range of plastic acclimatory
responses in ectothermic animals. The mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in …

Developmental and adult thermal acclimation can have distinct, even opposite, effects on
adult heat resistance in ectotherms. Yet, their relative contribution to heat-hardiness of …