Bat boxes are commonly deployed to mitigate the loss of bat roosting habitat. Due to a
dearth of microclimate research, numerous untested commercially available bat boxes, and …

Aim Our understanding of species' responses to climate depends on choosing the scale for
the analysis. Processes driving physiological adaptation that occur at the small spatial …

Critical thermal limits (CTLs) show much variation associated with the experimental rate of
temperature change used in their estimation. Understanding the full range of variation in rate …

Thermal traits are frequently used to explain variation in species distributions, abundance,
and sensitivity to climate change. Due to their utility and ease of measurement, critical …

The widespread observation that heat tolerance is less variable than cold tolerance ('cold‐
tolerance asymmetry') leads to the prediction that species exposed to temperatures near …

Aim Many ectotherms are at risk from climate change as temperatures are increasingly
exceeding their thermal limits. Many evaluations of the vulnerability of ectotherms to climate …

Assessing the heat tolerance (CTmax) of organisms is central to understand the impact of
climate change on biodiversity. While both environment and evolutionary history affect …

Adaptive plasticity in thermal tolerance traits may buffer organisms against changing
temperatures, making such responses of particular interest in the face of global climate …

Thermal traits, such as upper and lower critical thermal limits, are vital indicators of the
vulnerability of populations and species to environmental change. Thus, accurate estimates …

Estimates of organismal thermal tolerance are frequently used to assess physiological risk
from warming, yet the assumption that these estimates are predictive of mortality has been …