Phenotypic plasticity, if adaptive, may allow species to counter the detrimental effects of
extreme conditions, but the infrequent occurrence of extreme environments and/or their …

Plants are exposed to heterogeneity in the environment where new stress factors (ie, climate
change, land use change, and invasiveness) are introduced, and where inter‐and …

Winter is a key driver of individual performance, community composition, and ecological
interactions in terrestrial habitats. Although climate change research tends to focus on …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 419–431 Abstract Do invasive plant species have greater
phenotypic plasticity than non‐invasive species? And, if so, how does this affect their fitness …

Patterns of environmental spatial structure lie at the heart of the most fundamental and
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …

The acute thermal tolerance of ectotherms has been measured in a variety of ways; these
include assays where organisms are shifted abruptly to stressful temperatures and assays …

We evaluate the extent to which physiological tolerances and capacities can be considered
as factors that impact the geographic range of animals. We also discuss the importance of …

Abstract Effects of recent climate change have already been detected in many species, and,
in particular, in insects. The present paper reviews the key impacts of global warming on …

Summary The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, is the most economically valuable
pollinator of agricultural crops worldwide. Bees are also crucial in maintaining biodiversity …

Much attention has been given to forecasting the likely effects of ongoing climate change on
biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in …