The widely held of ectotherms raise slower but matured at a larger body size in the colder
atmospheres. This trend has baffled biologists since typical theories of the life-history …

The majority of ectotherms grow slower but mature at a larger body size in colder
environments. This phenomenon has puzzled biologists because classic theories of life …

The temperature size rule (TSR) is the tendency for ectotherms to develop faster but mature
at smaller body sizes at higher temperatures. It can be explained by a simple model in which …

In many organisms, individuals in colder environments grow more slowly but are larger as
adults. This widespread pattern is embodied by two well-established rules: Bergmann's rule …

Although the size of an organism is influenced by many features of its environment, the
relationship between temperature and body size has captivated generations of biologists …

This thesis investigates to what extent the thermodynamics of biological rates constrains the
thermal adaptation of developing ectotherms. The biophysical Sharpe-Schoolfield model is …

Many ectotherms show crossing growth trajectories as a plastic response to rearing
temperature. As a result, individuals growing up in cool conditions grow slower, mature later …

A proximate, biophysical model is proposed describing temperature-modulated variation in
growth rate and differentiation rate in ectotherms, based upon the Sharpe-Schoolfield …

Global warming is increasing the overheating risk for many organisms, though the potential
for plasticity in thermal tolerance to mitigate this risk is largely unknown. In part, this …

Numerous growth functions exist to describe the ontogeny of animals. Such functions (eg,
von Bertalanffy's equation, thermal-unit growth coefficient) are currently applied to …