How and why does metabolism scale with body mass?
Most explanations for the relationship between body size and metabolism invoke physical
constraints; such explanations are evolutionarily inert, limiting their predictive capacity …
constraints; such explanations are evolutionarily inert, limiting their predictive capacity …
Estimating the relationship between fitness and metabolic rate: which rate should we use?
As physiologists seek to better understand how and why metabolism varies, they have
focused on how metabolic rate covaries with fitness—that is, selection. Evolutionary …
focused on how metabolic rate covaries with fitness—that is, selection. Evolutionary …
Temperature and nutrition do not interact to shape the evolution of metabolic rate
Metabolic cold adaptation, or Krogh's rule, is the controversial hypothesis that predicts a
monotonically negative relationship between metabolic rate and environmental temperature …
monotonically negative relationship between metabolic rate and environmental temperature …
Temperature change exerts sex-specific effects on behavioural variation
Temperature is a key factor mediating organismal fitness and has important consequences
for species' ecology. While the mean effects of temperature on behaviour have been well …
for species' ecology. While the mean effects of temperature on behaviour have been well …
Diet mediates thermal performance traits: implications for marine ectotherms
Thermal acclimation is a key process enabling ectotherms to cope with temperature change.
To undergo a successful acclimation response, ectotherms require energy and nutritional …
To undergo a successful acclimation response, ectotherms require energy and nutritional …
Genetic variation of macronutrient tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster
Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids are essential nutrients to all animals; however, closely
related species, populations, and individuals can display dramatic variation in diet. Here we …
related species, populations, and individuals can display dramatic variation in diet. Here we …
Interspecific interactions alter the metabolic costs of climate warming
Climate warming is expected to increase the energy demands of ectotherms by accelerating
their metabolic rates exponentially. However, this prediction ignores environmental …
their metabolic rates exponentially. However, this prediction ignores environmental …
Within‐population variation in body size plasticity in response to combined nutritional and thermal stress is partially independent from variation in development time
Ongoing climate change has forced animals to face changing thermal and nutritional
environments. Animals can adjust to such combinations of stressors via plasticity. Body size …
environments. Animals can adjust to such combinations of stressors via plasticity. Body size …
Intergenerational plasticity aligns with temperature-dependent selection on offspring metabolic rates
Metabolic rates are linked to key life-history traits that are thought to set the pace of life and
affect fitness, yet the role that parents may have in sha** the metabolism of their offspring …
affect fitness, yet the role that parents may have in sha** the metabolism of their offspring …
Exposure to ultraviolet‐B radiation increases the susceptibility of mosquitoes to infection with dengue virus
By 2100, greenhouse gases are predicted to reduce ozone and cloud cover over the tropics
causing increased exposure of organisms to harmful ultraviolet‐B radiation (UVBR). UVBR …
causing increased exposure of organisms to harmful ultraviolet‐B radiation (UVBR). UVBR …