Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

Much recent theoretical and empirical work has sought to describe the physiological
mechanisms underlying thermal tolerance in animals. Leading hypotheses can be broadly …

Background Vertebrates exhibit diverse sex determination systems and reptiles stand out by
having highly variable sex determinations that include temperature-dependent and …

Synopsis “Polar gigantism” describes a biogeographic pattern in which many ectotherms in
polar seas are larger than their warmer-water relatives. Although many mechanisms have …

Despite the global ecological importance of climate change, controversy surrounds how
oxygen affects the fate of aquatic ectotherms under warming. Disagreements extend to the …

Size at the start of life reflects the initial per offspring parental investment—including both the
embryo and the nutrients supplied to it. Initial offspring size can vary substantially, both …

Introduction to the special issue–Beyond CTMAX and CTMIN: Advances in studying the thermal
limits of reptiles and amphibians Page 1 Received: 31 December 2020 | Revised: 4 January …

Amphibians have the striking diversity of reproductive modes among terrestrial vertebrates
in terms of breeding habitat, fertilisation, developmental flexibility and parental care. Here …

The crangonid shrimps Argis hozawai, A. lar and A. toyamaensis, co-distributed in the Sea of
Japan, exhibit intriguing differences in geographical and bathymetric distributions and in …

Phenotypic variation along environmental gradients—particularly in body size—occurs in a
variety of species. Larger-bodied individuals are usually found in colder climates, as …