Body size is central to ecology at levels ranging from organismal fecundity to the functioning
of communities and ecosystems. Understanding temperature‐induced variations in body …

Temperature profoundly impacts both the phenotypes and distributions of organisms. These
thermal effects exert strong selective pressures on behaviour, physiology and life history …

Body size is a key feature of organisms and varies continuously because of the effects of
natural selection on the size‐dependency of resource acquisition and mortality rates. This …

Accumulating evidence suggests that the average body size of many organisms is declining
in response to climate warming. This phenomenon has been suggested to represent a …

The majority of ectotherms grow slower but mature at a larger body size in colder
environments. This phenomenon has puzzled biologists because classic theories of life …

Two major intraspecific patterns of adult size variation are plastic temperature‐size (T‐S)
responses and latitude‐size (L‐S) clines. Yet, the degree to which these co‐vary and share …

Aim The negative correlation between temperature and body size of ectothermic animals
(broadly known as the temperature‐size rule or TSR) is a widely observed pattern …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the modern ecological and evolutionary contexts
of the evolutionary physiology in insects and provides a survey of sources of environmental …

Widespread recognition of the importance of biological studies at large spatial and temporal
scales, particularly in the face of many of the most pressing issues facing humanity, has …

Physiological ecologists have long sought to understand the plasticity of organisms in
environments that vary widely among years, seasons and even hours. This is now even …