Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world

D González‐Tokman, A Córdoba‐Aguilar… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects
that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects …

Finding the right thermal limit: a framework to reconcile ecological, physiological and methodological aspects of CTmax in ectotherms

M Ørsted, LB Jørgensen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Upper thermal limits (CTmax) are frequently used to parameterize the fundamental niche of
ectothermic animals and to infer biogeographical distribution limits under current and future …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change 2022: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat - 2022 - hal.science
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Extreme escalation of heat failure rates in ectotherms with global warming

LB Jørgensen, M Ørsted, H Malte, T Wang, J Overgaard - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Temperature affects the rate of all biochemical processes in ectotherms, and is therefore
critical for determining their current and future distribution under global climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis reveals weak but pervasive plasticity in insect thermal limits

H Weaving, JS Terblanche, P Pottier… - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Extreme temperature events are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate
change. Such events threaten insects, including pollinators, pests and disease vectors …

Male fertility thermal limits predict vulnerability to climate warming

B Van Heerwaarden, CM Sgrò - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Forecasting which species/ecosystems are most vulnerable to climate warming is essential
to guide conservation strategies to minimize extinction. Tropical/mid-latitude species are …

How will mosquitoes adapt to climate warming?

LI Couper, JE Farner, JM Caldwell, ML Childs… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The potential for adaptive evolution to enable species persistence under a changing climate
is one of the most important questions for understanding impacts of future climate change …

The thermal tolerance of photosynthetic tissues: a global systematic review and agenda for future research

SR Geange, PA Arnold, AA Catling, O Coast… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding plant thermal tolerance is fundamental to predicting impacts of extreme
temperature events that are increasing in frequency and intensity across the globe …

Evolutionary impacts of winter climate change on insects

KE Marshall, K Gotthard, CM Williams - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Climate is changing fastest at high latitudes and in winter.•Phenological shifts in
response to climate change are common.•Warmer winters may influence spring phenology …