Thermal adaptation revisited: How conserved are thermal traits of reptiles and amphibians?

BL Bodensteiner, GA Agudelo‐Cantero… - … Zoology Part A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

The impacts of heat stress on animal cognition: implications for adaptation to a changing climate

C Soravia, BJ Ashton, A Thornton… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With global surface air temperature rising rapidly, extensive research effort has been
dedicated to assessing the consequences of this change for wildlife. While impacts on the …

How seasonality influences the thermal biology of lizards with different thermoregulatory strategies: a meta‐analysis

D Giacometti, AV Palaoro, LC Leal… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ectotherms that maintain thermal balance in the face of varying climates should be able to
colonise a wide range of habitats. In lizards, thermoregulation usually appears as a variety …

Invited review: Thermal effects on oxidative stress in vertebrate ectotherms

DJ Ritchie, CR Friesen - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-induced climate change is occurring rapidly. Ectothermic organisms are particularly
vulnerable to these temperature changes due to their reliance on environmental …

The reptilian perspective on vertebrate immunity: 10 years of progress

LM Zimmerman - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Ten years ago,'Understanding the vertebrate immune system: insights from the reptilian
perspective'was published. At the time, our understanding of the reptilian immune system …

Origaker: a novel multi-mimicry quadruped robot based on a metamorphic mechanism

Z Tang, K Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This article presents the Origaker, a novel multi-mimicry quadruped robot. Based on a single-
loop spatial metamorphic mechanism, the Origaker is able to transform between different …

Hydration and evaporative water loss of lizards change in response to temperature and humidity acclimation

SJ Weaver, T McIntyre, T van Rossum… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Testing acclimation plasticity informs our understanding of organismal physiology and
applies to conservation management amidst our rapidly changing climate. Although there is …

Of telomeres and temperature: measuring thermal effects on telomeres in ectothermic animals

CR Friesen, E Wapstra, M Olsson - Molecular ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ectotherms are classic models for understanding life‐history tradeoffs, including the
reproduction–somatic maintenance tradeoffs that may be reflected in telomere length and …

Commonly collected thermal performance data can inform species distributions in a data-limited invader

NM Claunch, CM Goodman, BM Kluever, N Barve… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Predicting potential distributions of species in new areas is challenging. Physiological data
can improve interpretation of predicted distributions and can be used in directed distribution …

Latitudinal embryonic thermal tolerance and plasticity shape the vulnerability of oviparous species to climate change

B Sun, L Ma, Y Wang, C Mi, LB Buckley… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heat tolerance at the immobile embryonic stage is expected to be critical in determining
species vulnerability to climate change. However, how the mean and developmental …