How useful are thermal vulnerability indices?

S Clusella-Trullas, RA Garcia, JS Terblanche… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
To forecast climate change impacts across habitats or taxa, thermal vulnerability indices (eg,
safety margins and warming tolerances) are growing in popularity. Here, we present their …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis reveals weak but pervasive plasticity in insect thermal limits

H Weaving, JS Terblanche, P Pottier… - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Extreme temperature events are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate
change. Such events threaten insects, including pollinators, pests and disease vectors …

Functional trait variation along animal invasion pathways

SL Chown, MA McGeoch - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Functional trait–based mediation of animal invasions is only now develo**, yet it is
already showing as much promise as the approach has for plant invasion biology. Here, we …

Male fertility thermal limits predict vulnerability to climate warming

B Van Heerwaarden, CM Sgrò - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Forecasting which species/ecosystems are most vulnerable to climate warming is essential
to guide conservation strategies to minimize extinction. Tropical/mid-latitude species are …

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 …

Expression plasticity regulates intraspecific variation in the acclimatization potential of a reef-building coral

C Drury, J Dilworth, E Majerová, C Caruso… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Phenotypic plasticity is an important ecological and evolutionary response for organisms
experiencing environmental change, but the ubiquity of this capacity within coral species …

Global patterns in copepod thermal tolerance

M Sasaki, HG Dam - Journal of Plankton Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Copepods are key components of aquatic habitats across the globe. Understanding how
they respond to warming is important for predicting the effects of climate change on aquatic …

Urban insect bioarks of the 21st century

SE Diamond, G Bellino, GG Deme - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Insect biodiversity can increase, decrease, or be maintained across urban
gradients.•Biological and methodological factors can influence biodiversity trends.•A …

Negative relationship between thermal tolerance and plasticity in tolerance emerges during experimental evolution in a widespread marine invertebrate

MC Sasaki, HG Dam - Evolutionary Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Whether populations can adapt to predicted climate change conditions, and how rapidly, are
critical questions for the management of natural systems. Experimental evolution has …

Genetic differentiation underlies seasonal variation in thermal tolerance, body size, and plasticity in a short‐lived copepod

MC Sasaki, HG Dam - Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms experience variation in the thermal environment on several different temporal
scales, with seasonality being particularly prominent in temperate regions. For organisms …