A consequence of climate change is the increased frequency and severity of extreme heat
waves. This is occurring now as most of the warmest summers and most intense heat waves …

Basal or standard metabolic rate reflects the minimum amount of energy required to
maintain body processes, while the maximum metabolic rate sets the ceiling for aerobic …

Developmental plasticity refers to the property by which the same genotype produces
distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which development …

Shallow or near-shore environments, such as ponds, estuaries and intertidal zones, are
among the most physiologically challenging of all aquatic settings. Animals inhabiting these …

Before they develop competent endothermy, mammals and birds are sensitive to fluctuating
temperature. It follows that early life thermal environment can trigger changes to the …

The ability to maintain a (relatively) stable body temperature in a wide range of thermal
environments by use of endogenous heat production is a unique feature of endotherms such …

Rapid climate change is placing many marine species at risk of local extinction. Recent
studies show that epigenetic mechanisms (eg DNA methylation, histone modifications) can …

Weather influences both the distribution and life-history strategies of birds. Temperature
ranks amongst the more important weather parameters in this regard since warming springs …

The prevalent view of developmental phenotypic switching holds that phenotype
modifications occurring during critical windows of development are “irreversible”–that is …

The world is changing at a rapid rate, threatening extinction for a large part of the world's
biota. One potential response to those altered conditions is to evolve so as to be able to …