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 …

Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards

MM Muñoz, LO Frishkoff, J Pruett… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Following decades of intensive study, Anolis lizards have emerged as a biological model
system. We review how new research on anoles has advanced our understanding of …

The Bogert effect, a factor in evolution

MM Muñoz - Evolution, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Behavior is one of the major architects of evolution: by behaviorally modifying how they
interact with their environments, organisms can influence natural selection, amplifying it in …

Limited plasticity in thermally tolerant ectotherm populations: evidence for a trade-off

JM Barley, BS Cheng, M Sasaki… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many species face extinction risks owing to climate change, and there is an urgent need to
identify which species' populations will be most vulnerable. Plasticity in heat tolerance …

The potential for rapid evolution under anthropogenic climate change

RA Catullo, J Llewelyn, BL Phillips, CC Moritz - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Understanding how natural populations will respond to rapid anthropogenic climate change
is one of the greatest challenges for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Much research …

Acute, diel, and annual temperature variability and the thermal biology of ectotherms

BJ Kefford, CK Ghalambor, B Dewenter… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming is increasing mean temperatures and altering temperature variability at
multiple temporal scales. To better understand the consequences of changes in thermal …

Climate change aggravates bird mortality in pristine tropical forests

JD Wolfe, DA Luther, V Jirinec, J Collings… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Stable understory microclimates within undisturbed rainforests are often considered refugia
against climate change. However, this assumption contrasts with emerging evidence of …

Greater evolutionary divergence of thermal limits within marine than terrestrial species

M Sasaki, JM Barley, S Gignoux-Wolfsohn… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
There is considerable uncertainty regarding which ecosystems are most vulnerable to
warming. Current understanding of organismal sensitivity is largely centred on species-level …

Biogeographic parallels in thermal tolerance and gene expression variation under temperature stress in a widespread bumble bee

ML Pimsler, KJ Oyen, JD Herndon, JM Jackson… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Global temperature changes have emphasized the need to understand how species adapt
to thermal stress across their ranges. Genetic mechanisms may contribute to variation in …

Elevational and microclimatic drivers of thermal tolerance in Andean Pristimantis frogs

P Pintanel, M Tejedo, SR Ron… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We analysed elevational and microclimatic drivers of thermal tolerance diversity in a
tropical mountain frog clade to test three macrophysiological predictions: less spatial …