Animals can respond to climate change through changes in behaviour, morphology or life‐
history traits. Changes in life‐history traits do not occur independently, as they trade off or co …

Desynchrony of phenological responses to climate change is a major concern for ecological
communities. Potential uncoupling between one of the most fundamental divisions within …

Oxidative stress is thought to be one of the main causes of ageing as it progressively
damages cell components throughout life, eventually causing cellular failure and apoptosis …

Hibernation is a remarkable behaviour deployed by a diverse array of endotherms within
many clades that greatly reduces metabolic need, but also has somatic costs. Hibernation in …

Background Torpor is an energy saving strategy achieved by substantial reductions of
metabolic rate and body temperature that enables animals to survive periods of low …

Telomeres are specialized non-coding DNA sequences located at the end of chromosomes
and that protect genetic information. Telomere loss over lifespan is generally viewed as a …

Measuring individual reproductive success in the wild is often achieved by counting the
number of descendants produced by individuals. In seeking to understand how reproductive …

Ectothermic animals that live in seasonally cold regions must adapt to seasonal variation
and specific environmental conditions. During the winter, some amphibians hibernate on …

During the past 60 years, mammalian hibernation (ie, seasonal torpor) has been interpreted
as a physiological adaptation for energy economy. However, direct field comparisons of …

Despite a number of studies showing a negative relationship between age and telomere
length, the universality of this pattern has been recently challenged, mainly in ectothermic …