[HTML][HTML] Effects of temperature increase on the physiology and behavior of fiddler crabs

B da Silva Vianna, CA Miyai, A Augusto, TM Costa - Physiology & behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Intertidal organisms rely on physiological and behavioral adjustments to maintain
homeostasis under warm exposure. We examined the effects of the temperature increase …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing high resolution thermal monitoring of complex intertidal environments from space: The case of ECOSTRESS at Rias Baixas, NW Iberia

N Weidberg, LKL Chiquillo, S Román, M Román… - Remote Sensing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, thermal sensors on satellites and other orbital platforms with high spatial
resolution designed to monitor the oceans are often insufficient to assess the surface …

Thermal tolerance and survival responses to scenarios of experimental climatic change: changing thermal variability reduces the heat and cold tolerance in a fly

F Bozinovic, NR Medina, JM Alruiz, G Cavieres… - Journal of Comparative …, 2016 - Springer
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Most analyses of the
impacts have focused on changes in mean temperature, but increasing variance will also …

Biome‐specific climatic space defined by temperature and precipitation predictability

M Jiang, BS Felzer, UN Nielsen… - Global ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Global biomes are often classified by mean annual temperature and precipitation, but
there is significant overlap between biomes, making it difficult to interpret the role of climate …

Locomotor performance of cane toads differs between native-range and invasive populations

G Kosmala, K Christian, G Brown… - Royal Society Open …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Invasive species provide a robust opportunity to evaluate how animals deal with novel
environmental challenges. Shifts in locomotor performance—and thus the ability to disperse …

[HTML][HTML] Disturbance of primary producer communities disrupts the thermal limits of the associated aquatic fauna

JM Booth, F Giomi, D Daffonchio, CD McQuaid… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental fluctuation forms a framework of variability within which species have
evolved. Environmental fluctuation includes predictability, such as diel cycles of aquatic …

Biogeographic variability in the value of mussel beds as ecosystem engineers on South African rocky shores

JA Lathlean, CD McQuaid - Ecosystems, 2017 - Springer
Ecological engineers have important effects on biodiversity because they often increase
habitat complexity and moderate environmental conditions, implying that their influence on …

Epigenetic variation among natural populations of the South African sandhopper Talorchestia capensis

S Baldanzi, R Watson, CD McQuaid, G Gouws… - Evolutionary ecology, 2017 - Springer
Ecological epigenetics is gaining importance within the field of Molecular Ecology, because
of its novel evolutionary implications. Linking population ecology to the variation in …

Fluctuating habitats: ecological relevance of environmental variability and predictability on species, communities, and ecosystems

M Fusi, R Marasco, JB Ramond, A Barausse… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Temporal and spatial environmental variability are wide spread and life evolved adapting to
constantly ever changing conditions (Desmond, 2021). In marine and freshwater productive …

[HTML][HTML] Predictability of precipitation over the conterminous US based on the CMIP5 multi-model ensemble

M Jiang, BS Felzer, D Sahagian - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Characterizing precipitation seasonality and variability in the face of future uncertainty is
important for a well-informed climate change adaptation strategy. Using the Colwell index of …