Survive a warming climate: insect responses to extreme high temperatures

CS Ma, G Ma, S Pincebourde - Annual Review of Entomology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Global change includes a substantial increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme high
temperatures (EHTs), which influence insects at almost all levels. The number of studies …

Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

EA Mordecai, JM Caldwell, MK Grossman… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of
these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly to temperature …

Extreme escalation of heat failure rates in ectotherms with global warming

LB Jørgensen, M Ørsted, H Malte, T Wang, J Overgaard - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Temperature affects the rate of all biochemical processes in ectotherms, and is therefore
critical for determining their current and future distribution under global climate change …

Greater vulnerability to warming of marine versus terrestrial ectotherms

ML Pinsky, AM Eikeset, DJ McCauley, JL Payne… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding which species and ecosystems will be most severely affected by warming as
climate change advances is important for guiding conservation and management. Both …

Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world

D González‐Tokman, A Córdoba‐Aguilar… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects
that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects …

Complex responses of global insect pests to climate warming

P Lehmann, T Ammunét, M Barton… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is well known that insects are sensitive to temperature, how they will be affected
by ongoing global warming remains uncertain because these responses are multifaceted …

Climate change‐mediated temperature extremes and insects: From outbreaks to breakdowns

JA Harvey, R Heinen, R Gols… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Insects are among the most diverse and widespread animals across the biosphere and are
well‐known for their contributions to ecosystem functioning and services. Recent increases …

Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Cryptic species as a window into the paradigm shift of the species concept

C Fišer, CT Robinson, F Malard - Molecular Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The species concept is the cornerstone of biodiversity science, and any paradigm shift in the
delimitation of species affects many research fields. Many biologists now are embracing a …

The thermal ecology and physiology of reptiles and amphibians: A user's guide

EN Taylor, LM Diele‐Viegas… - … Zoology Part A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the thermal ecology and physiology of free‐living organisms is accelerating as
scientists and managers recognize the urgency of the global biodiversity crisis brought on by …