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 …

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 …

Evolutionary biologists commonly interpret adaptations of organisms by reference to a
phenotype-fitness map, a model of how different states of a phenotype affect fitness …

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 …

Abstract.—Twelve experimental populations of the bacterium Escherichia coli evolved for
20,000 generations in a defined medium at 37° C. We measured their maximum growth …

As climate regimes shift in many ecosystems worldwide, evolution may be a critical process
allowing persistence in rapidly changing environments. Organisms regularly interact with …

Among-population variation in insect thermal performance is important for understanding
patterns and mechanisms of evolution and predicting insect responses to altered climate …

Thermal variability is a key driver of ecological processes, affecting organisms and
populations across multiple temporal scales. Despite the ubiquity of variation, biologists lack …

Acclimation refers to reversible, nongenetic changes in phenotype that are induced by
specific environmental conditions. Acclimation is generally assumed to improve function in …