Most terrestrial ectotherms experience diurnal and seasonal variation in temperature.
Because thermal performance curves are non-linear, mean performance can differ in …

Temperature is an important environmental factor that influences key traits like body size,
growth rate and maturity. Ectotherms reared under high temperatures usually show faster …

In ectotherms, temperature induces similar developmental and evolutionary responses in
body size, with larger individuals occurring or evolving in low temperature environments …

Understanding the factors affecting thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting the impact
climate change will have on ectotherms. However, the role developmental plasticity plays in …

The initial rise of fitness that occurs with increasing temperature is attributed to Arrhenius
kinetics, in which rates of reaction increase exponentially with increasing temperature …

Basically all organisms can be classified as determinate growers if their growth stops or
almost stops at maturation, or indeterminate growers if growth is still intense after maturation …

The purpose of this commentary is to open a debate on the usage of the terms acclimation,
heat shock and hardening within the thermal biology literature. The terms all refer to a …

Understanding the factors affecting thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting the impact
climate change will have on ectotherms. However, the role developmental plasticity plays in …

1. Rearing temperature may affect juvenile mortality, growth and development rates, adult
mortality rate, and/or population growth rate. Increased juvenile growth rate may affect the …

Recent studies suggest that animals are decreasing in size as a general response to global
warming, for reasons that remain unclear. Here, by analysing ectotherm death time curves …