Thermal limits mark the boundaries of ectotherm performance, and are increasingly
appreciated as strong correlates and possible determinants of animal distribution patterns …

Many ectothermic animals can respond to changes in their environment by altering the
sensitivities of physiological rates, given sufficient time to do so. In other words, thermal …

Temperature imposes significant constraints on ectothermic animals, and these organisms
have evolved numerous adaptations to respond to these constraints. While the impacts of …

Much recent theoretical and empirical work has sought to describe the physiological
mechanisms underlying thermal tolerance in animals. Leading hypotheses can be broadly …

During the last quarter of a century, the evolution of the thermal sensitivity of performance in
ectotherms has become a major focus of research programs in evolutionary physiology …

Whole-organism function is underpinned by physiological and biological processes, which
respond to temperature over a range of time scales. Given that environmental temperature …

Global warming is increasing mean temperatures and altering temperature variability at
multiple temporal scales. To better understand the consequences of changes in thermal …

Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

Virtually all aspects of the biology of ectotherms are size‐and temperature‐dependent.
Aerobic metabolism is often proposed to explain such relationships, with oxygen limitation …

Climate change affects organisms worldwide with profound ecological and evolutionary
consequences, often increasing population extinction risk. Climatic factors can increase the …