Temperature profoundly impacts both the phenotypes and distributions of organisms. These
thermal effects exert strong selective pressures on behaviour, physiology and life history …

Tradeoffs have played a prominent role in the development of theories describing the
evolution of reaction norms. Different classes of tradeoffs are known to constrain the …

Despite decades of research on the evolution of thermal physiology, at least one
fundamental issue remains unresolved: whether the maximal performance of a genotype …

We argue that phenotypic plasticity should be broadly construed to encompass a diversity of
phenomena spanning several hierarchical levels of organization. Despite seemingly …

Physiological ecologists have long sought to understand the plasticity of organisms in
environments that vary widely among years, seasons and even hours. This is now even …

Understanding the evolution of reaction norms remains a major challenge in ecology and
evolution. Investigating evolutionary divergence in reaction norm shapes between …

Thermal and water balance are coupled in anurans, and species with particularly permeable
skin avoid overheating more effectively than minimizing variance of body temperature. In …

A well-defined macroecological pattern is the decline in biodiversity with altitude. However,
this decline is taxa-specific. For example, amphibians are more diverse than squamates at …

Organisms inhabiting a specific environment often have distinct morphology, but the factors
that affect this fit are unclear when multiple morphological traits affect performance in …

This study aimed to identify potential factors responsible for geographically structured
morphological variation within the widespread Australian frogs Limnodynastes tasmaniensis …