Individual variation in thermally induced plasticity of metabolic rates: ecological and evolutionary implications for a warming world

L Gvoždík - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Energy metabolism is a fundamental property of life providing the energy for all processes
and functions within an organism. As it is temperature-dependent, it mediates the effects of …

Long-term effects of incubation temperature on growth and thermal physiology in a small ectotherm

MJ De Jong, LA Alton, CR White… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermal conditions in the developmental environment can substantially affect an individual's
phenotype, particularly in egg-laying ectotherms. However, whether these effects persist into …

Fertility loss and recovery dynamics after repeated heat stress across life stages in male Drosophila melanogaster: patterns and processes

A Meena, AN De Nardo, K Maggu… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Frequent and extreme temperatures associated with climate change pose a major threat to
biodiversity, particularly for organisms whose metabolism is strictly linked to ambient …

Population divergence in maternal investment and embryo energy use and allocation suggests adaptive responses to cool climates

AK Pettersen, S Ruuskanen, A Nord… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The thermal sensitivity of early life stages can play a fundamental role in constraining
species distributions. For egg‐laying ectotherms, cool temperatures often extend …

Developmental environments do not affect thermal physiological traits in reptiles: an experimental test and meta-analysis

RY Zhang, KH Wild, P Pottier, MI Carrasco… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
On a global scale, organisms face significant challenges due to climate change and
anthropogenic disturbance. In many ectotherms, developmental and physiological …

Effects of developmental environment on animal personality in a tropical skink

M de Jong, BL Phillips, J Llewelyn, DG Chapple… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
Developmental environments play a significant role in shaping animal phenotype, including
behavior. Within a species, individuals often differ in behavior in a consistent and repeatable …

[HTML][HTML] Degrees of freedom: temperature's influence on developmental rate

JJ Bourn, MW Dorrity - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Temperature exerts a fundamental influence across scales of biology, from the biophysical
nature of molecules, to the sensitivity of cells, and the coordinated progression of …

[HTML][HTML] Life stage-specific effects of heat stress on spermatogenesis and oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

A Meena, K Maggu, AN De Nardo, SH Sbilordo… - Journal of Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is increasingly threatened by unpredictable, frequent, and intense climatic
events like heatwaves that pose harmful impacts on ectotherms. Beyond the health and …

Population divergence in maternal investment and embryo energy use and allocation reveals adaptive responses to cool climates

AK Pettersen, S Ruuskanen, A Nord, JF Nilsson… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The thermal sensitivity of early life stages can play a fundamental role in constraining
species distribution. For egg-laying ectotherms, cool temperatures often extend …

Intraspecific variation in traits in relation to environment and sex in an insect

EA Yarwood - 2022 - sussex.figshare.com
Individuals within species frequently show differences in traits. Yet, until relatively recently,
researchers treated all conspecifics as ecologically equivalent. I investigated how …