A core challenge in global change biology is to predict how species will respond to future
environmental change and to manage these responses. To make such predictions and …

We analyze the effects of changing patterns of thermal availability, in space and time, on the
performance of small ectotherms. We approach this problem by breaking it into a series of …

A recently developed integrative framework proposes that the vulnerability of a species to
environmental change depends on the species' exposure and sensitivity to environmental …

Despite decades of work on climate change biology, the scientific community remains
uncertain about where and when most species distributions will respond to altered climates …

Many organisms have complex life cycles with distinct life stages that experience different
environmental conditions. How does the complexity of life cycles affect the ecological and …

Insect eggs are exposed to a plethora of abiotic and biotic threats. Their survival depends on
both an innate developmental program and genetically determined protective traits provided …

Leaf thermoregulation has been documented in a handful of studies, but the generality and
origins of this pattern are unclear. We suggest that leaf thermoregulation is widespread in …

Thermal performance curves have been widely used to model the ecological responses of
ectotherms to variable thermal environments and climate change. Such models ignore the …

Building a more predictive trait-based ecology requires mechanistic theory based on first
principles. We present a general theoretical approach to link traits and climate. We use plant …

In fluctuating thermal conditions, the survival challenge for insects is particularly difficult
because their physiological activities depend upon environmental temperature. The extreme …