Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems.
They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical …

Understanding how temperature determines the distribution of life is necessary to assess
species' sensitivities to contemporary climate change. Here, we test the importance of …

Thermal performance curves have been widely used to model the ecological responses of
ectotherms to variable thermal environments and climate change. Such models ignore the …

Scientists of different disciplines have recognized the valuable role of terrestrial caves as
ideal natural laboratories in which to study multiple eco-evolutionary processes, from genes …

We extend methods of quantitative genetics to studies of the evolution of reaction norms
defined over continuous environments. Our models consider both spatial variation (hard and …

Organismal performance abilities occupy a central position in phenotypic evolution; they are
determined by suites of interacting lower‐level traits (eg, morphology and physiology) and …

Rates of tissue expansion, cell division and progression in the plant cycle are driven by
temperature, following common Arrhenius‐type response curves.• We analysed the genetic …

Thermal performance curves are widely used to describe how ambient temperature impacts
different attributes of ectothermic organisms, from protein function to life-history traits, and to …

Understanding how quickly physiological traits evolve is a topic of great interest, particularly
in the context of how organisms can adapt in response to climate warming. Adjustment to …

Current studies indicate that estimates of thermal tolerance limits in ectotherms depend on
the experimental protocol used, with slower and presumably more ecologically relevant …