The regulation of body temperature (thermoregulation) and of water balance (defined here
as hydroregulation) are key processes underlying ecological and evolutionary responses to …

When climatic or environmental conditions change, plant populations must either adapt to
these new conditions, or track their niche via seed dispersal. Adaptation of plants to different …

The concept of stress is notoriously difficult to define, despite its ubiquity in both common
parlance and the scientific literature. Given the clear importance of understanding how …

Behavioral fight responses to desiccation risk are important to predict the vulnerability of
terrestrial animals to climate change and yet, they have received little attention so far. In …

Evolution of adaptation requires predictability and recurrence of functional contexts. Yet
organisms live in multifaceted environments that are dynamic and ever changing, making it …

Wall-following behavior is the movement along a wall exhibited by various animals. It is a
conserved behavior among taxa, from unicellular organisms to humans, prone to selection …

Abstract In Western Europe, natural habitats such as heathlands have been converted into
many commercially managed forests, with severe impacts on biodiversity. In dense planted …

Chronic changes in climate conditions may select for acclimation responses in terrestrial
animals living in fluctuating environments, and beneficial acclimation responses may be key …

Mechanistic models of terrestrial ectotherms predict that climate warming will induce activity
restriction due to heat stress and loss of shade, leading to the extinction of numerous …

The role of physiology on habitat specialization in terrestrial ectotherms constitutes a rarely
addressed topic, despite the fact that habitat specialization often involves the coadaptation …