Ecological and evolutionary impacts of changing climatic variability

DP Vázquez, E Gianoli, WF Morris… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While average temperature is likely to increase in most locations on Earth, many places will
simultaneously experience higher variability in temperature, precipitation, and other climate …

Physiological correlates of geographic range in animals

F Bozinovic, P Calosi, JI Spicer - Annual review of ecology …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
We evaluate the extent to which physiological tolerances and capacities can be considered
as factors that impact the geographic range of animals. We also discuss the importance of …

Temperature variation makes ectotherms more sensitive to climate change

KP Paaijmans, RL Heinig, RA Seliga… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ectotherms are considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate warming. Descriptions of
habitat temperatures and predicted changes in climate usually consider mean monthly …

The mean and variance of environmental temperature interact to determine physiological tolerance and fitness

F Bozinovic, DA Bastías, F Boher… - Physiological and …, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
Global climate change poses one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Most analyses of the
potential biological impacts have focused on changes in mean temperature, but changes in …

Physiological ecology meets climate change

F Bozinovic, HO Pörtner - Ecology and evolution, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we pointed out that understanding the physiology of differential climate change
effects on organisms is one of the many urgent challenges faced in ecology and …

Integrating metabolic performance, thermal tolerance, and plasticity enables for more accurate predictions on species vulnerability to acute and chronic effects of …

S Magozzi, P Calosi - Global change biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting species vulnerability to global warming requires a comprehensive, mechanistic
understanding of sublethal and lethal thermal tolerances. To date, however, most studies …

The role of temperature variability on insect performance and population dynamics in a warming world

SA Estay, M Lima, F Bozinovic - Oikos, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the amount of research on the consequences of global warming on ecological
systems, most studies examine the impact of increases in average temperature. However …

Evolutionary change in continuous reaction norms

CJ Murren, HJ Maclean, SE Diamond… - The American …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Understanding the evolution of reaction norms remains a major challenge in ecology and
evolution. Investigating evolutionary divergence in reaction norm shapes between …

Daily temperature extremes play an important role in predicting thermal effects

G Ma, AA Hoffmann, CS Ma - The Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Organisms in natural environments experience diel temperature fluctuations, including
sporadic extreme conditions, rather than constant temperatures. Studies based mainly on …

Night warming on hot days produces novel impacts on development, survival and reproduction in a small arthropod

F Zhao, W Zhang, AA Hoffmann… - Journal of Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An asymmetric increase in night‐time temperatures (NT s) on hot days is one of the main
features of global climate change. But the biological effects of an increased night‐time …