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

▪ Abstract The functional causes of life history trade-offs have been a topic of interest to
evolutionary biologists for over six decades. Our review of life history trade-offs discusses …

Energy balance is a fundamental requirement of stress adaptation and tolerance. We
explore the links between metabolism, energy balance and stress tolerance using aquatic …

The majority of ectotherms grow slower but mature at a larger body size in colder
environments. This phenomenon has puzzled biologists because classic theories of life …

In order to compensate for the resource demands of reproduction, organisms usually
increase the amount of total food resources available. This may be achieved by different …

Models of Adaptive Behaviour sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour,
and applies this to give analyses of a range of biological issues such as energetic gain …

Life-history traits or “fitness components”—such as age and size at maturity, fecundity and
fertility, age-specific rates of survival, and life span—are the major phenotypic determinants …

The life histories of organisms can show pronounced variation in the way that the costs of
reproduction are financed. To facilitate discussions of this variation, two terms are increasing …

Abstract The scyphozoan Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus) is a cosmopolitan species, having been
reported from a variety of coastal and shelf sea environments around the world. It has been …

The oxygen isotope composition of human phosphatic tissues (δ18OP) has great potential
for reconstructing climate and population migration, but this technique has not been applied …