Global change includes a substantial increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme high
temperatures (EHTs), which influence insects at almost all levels. The number of studies …

Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects
that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects …

Understanding the factors affecting thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting the impact
climate change will have on ectotherms. However, the role developmental plasticity plays in …

Understanding and predicting how adaptation will contribute to species' resilience to climate
change will be paramount to successfully managing biodiversity for conservation …

The thermal biology of ectotherms is often used to infer species' responses to changes in
temperature. It is often proposed that temperate species are more cold-tolerant, less heat …

In fluctuating thermal conditions, the survival challenge for insects is particularly difficult
because their physiological activities depend upon environmental temperature. The extreme …

Studies suggest that many species are already living close to their upper physiological
thermal limits. Phenotypic plasticity is thought to be an important mechanism for species to …

Assessing the heat tolerance (CTmax) of organisms is central to understand the impact of
climate change on biodiversity. While both environment and evolutionary history affect …

In response to environmental change, organisms rely on both genetic adaptation and
phenotypic plasticity to adjust key traits that are necessary for survival and reproduction …

Mounting evidence suggests that ectotherms are already living close to their upper
physiological thermal limits. Phenotypic plasticity has been proposed to reduce the impact of …