The ability to predict the consequences of fluctuating environments on species distribution
and extinction often relies on determining the tolerances of species or genotypes in different …

Rapid environmental fluctuations are ubiquitous in the wild, yet majority of experimental
studies mostly consider effects of slow fluctuations on organism. To test the evolutionary …

Thermal tolerance is an important factor influencing the distribution of ectotherms, but we still
have limited understanding of the ability of species to evolve different thermal limits. Recent …

Tradeoffs have played a prominent role in the development of theories describing the
evolution of reaction norms. Different classes of tradeoffs are known to constrain the …

We explore the ability of optimal foraging theory to explain the observation among marine
bacteriophages that host range appears to be negatively correlated with host abundance in …

Historical data show that recent climate change has caused advances in seasonal timing
(phenology) in many animals and plants, particularly in temperate and higher latitude …

Adaptation in new environments depends on the amount of genetic variation available for
evolution, and the efficacy by which natural selection discriminates among this variation …

Background Temperature is a major determinant of spontaneous mutation, but the precise
mode, and the underlying mechanisms, of the temperature influences remain less clear …

Thermal performance curves have provided a common framework to study the impact of
temperature in biological systems. However, few generalities have emerged to date. Here …

Despite the amount of research on the consequences of global warming on ecological
systems, most studies examine the impact of increases in average temperature. However …