The effects of climate change are often body size dependent. One contributing factor could
be size-dependent thermal tolerance (SDTT), the propensity for heat and cold tolerance to …

Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic climate change requires knowing how animals
avoid heat stress, and the consequences of failing to do so. Animals primarily use behavior …

Many organisms are shrinking in size in response to global warming. However, we still lack
a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms linking body size and temperature of …

Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

Although the importance of thermoregulation and plasticity as compensatory mechanisms
for climate change has long been recognized, they have largely been studied …

Thermoregulatory ability and behavior influence organismal responses to their environment.
By measuring thermal preferences, researchers can better understand the effects that …

Organisms with complex ecologies and life-cycle processes may shift physiologically
(acclimation in tolerance), developmentally, and/or behaviorally (thermoregulation) in …

Research on the thermal ecology and physiology of free‐living organisms is accelerating as
scientists and managers recognize the urgency of the global biodiversity crisis brought on by …

Zoologists rely on mechanistic niche models of behavioral thermoregulation to understand
how animals respond to climate change. These models predict that species will need to …

Body sizes have been declining in response to climate change, but an expected relationship
between size and the hot temperatures organisms can tolerate has eluded detection. Now …