Climate change and biological invasions are key processes affecting global biodiversity, yet
their effects have usually been considered separately. Here, we emphasise that global …

The implications of climate change for biological invasions are multifaceted and vary along
the invasion process. Changes in vectors and pathways are likely to manifest in changes in …

Question: Associations of body size and of body temperature with fitness have complex
relationships for ectotherms, but three general patterns are known. Bigger is better: Larger …

This paper (i) reviews temperature/development rate relationships in plants and
poikilothermic invertebrates,(ii) argues that the relationship is often linear over much of the …

Diverse biochemical and physiological adaptations enable different species of ectotherms to
survive and reproduce in very different temperature regimes, but whether these adaptations …

Aim While physical constraints influence terrestrial primary productivity, the extent to which
geographical variation in productivity is influenced by physiological adaptations and …

Degree-days (DD) are an increasingly popular method for explaining variation in fish growth
and development. By including a base temperature (To) the DD formula limits calculations to …

1. The objective of this study was to test the theoretical prediction that the thermal tolerance
range for development in insects should be about 20° C. 2. The data on the thermal …

Much of the recent discussion concerning the form and underlying mechanistic basis of
metabolic rate–temperature and development rate–temperature relationships has been …

Global ecosystems are undergoing rapid and unprecedented transformations due to a range
of human activities, including land development, pollution, the introduction of invasive …