Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are one of the most dominant terrestrial organisms
worldwide. They are hugely abundant, both in terms of sheer numbers and biomass, on …

Critical thermal limits (CTLs) constrain the performance of organisms, shaping their
abundance, current distributions, and future distributions. Consequently, CTLs may also …

Anthropogenic climate change is increasing rapidly and already impacting biodiversity.
Despite its importance in future projections, understanding of the underlying mechanisms by …

The health and economic impacts of extreme heat on humans are especially pronounced in
populations without the means to adapt. We deployed a sensor network across 12 informal …

Aim Tolerance of species to extreme temperatures largely determines their distribution and
vulnerability to climate change. We examined thermal tolerance in tropical and temperate …

Social insects are among the most abundant arthropods in terrestrial ecosystems, where
they provide ecosystem services. The effect of subterranean activity of ants on soil is well …

Abstract Theory suggests that performance increases with temperature up to an optimization
point before rapidly decreasing as an animal approaches its upper thermal limit. Here, we …

Invasive species have established populations around the world and, in the process,
characteristics of their realized environmental niches have changed. Because of their …

Thermal traits are frequently used to explain variation in species distributions, abundance,
and sensitivity to climate change. Due to their utility and ease of measurement, critical …

The time required to recover from cold exposure (chill coma recovery time) may represent an
important metric of performance and has been linked to geographic distributions of diverse …