Body size is central to ecology at levels ranging from organismal fecundity to the functioning
of communities and ecosystems. Understanding temperature‐induced variations in body …

Intraspecific variation in key traits such as tolerance of warming can have profound effects
on ecological and evolutionary processes, notably responses to climate change. The …

Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) shows remarkably rapid growth (114.5 cm/day), but the
underlying biological mechanisms remain unclear. After examining more than 12,750 …

Understanding the ecological impacts of climate change is a crucial challenge of the twenty-
first century. There is a clear lack of general rules regarding the impacts of global warming …

Most ectothermic organisms mature at smaller body sizes when reared in warmer
conditions. This phenotypically plastic response, known as the “temperature-size rule”(TSR) …

This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their
environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of …

Summary 1997 marked the sesquicentenary of the publication by Carl Bergmann of the
observation that, in general, large‐bodied animal species tend to live further north than their …

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 …

The majority of ectotherms grow slower but mature at a larger body size in colder
environments. This phenomenon has puzzled biologists because classic theories of life …

Accumulating evidence suggests that the average body size of many organisms is declining
in response to climate warming. This phenomenon has been suggested to represent a …