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 …

Aim The negative correlation between temperature and body size of ectothermic animals
(broadly known as the temperature‐size rule or TSR) is a widely observed pattern …

Despite many decades of research, the allometric scaling of metabolic rates (MRs) remains
poorly understood. Here, we argue that scaling exponents of these allometries do not …

Global warming appears to favour smaller-bodied organisms, but whether larger species are
also more vulnerable to thermal extremes, as suggested for past mass-extinction events, is …

The midge, Belgica antarctica, is the only insect endemic to Antarctica, and thus it offers a
powerful model for probing responses to extreme temperatures, freeze tolerance …

Temperature anomalies and changes in the diurnal temperature range (DTR) are expected
to pose physiological challenges to biota; hence, both spatial and temporal variations in …

Insects can experience functional hypoxia, a situation in which O2 supply is inadequate to
meet oxygen demand. Assessing when functional hypoxia occurs is complex, because …

Global warming has revitalized interest in the relationship between body size and
temperature, proposed by B ergmann's rule 150 years ago, one of the oldest manifestations …

Angiosperms, which inhabit diverse environments across all continents, exhibit significant
variation in genome sizes, making them an excellent model system for examining …

Macroecological relationships provide insights into rules that govern ecological systems.
Bergmann's rule posits that members of the same clade are larger at colder temperatures …