Metabolism energizes all biological processes, and its tempo may importantly influence the
ecological success and evolutionary fitness of organisms. Therefore, understanding the …

Dietary lipids (DLs), particularly sterols and fatty acids, are precursors for endogenous lipids
that, unusually for macronutrients, shape cellular and organismal function long after …

Organisms exhibit reversible physiological adjustments as a response to rapidly changing
environments. Yet such plasticity of the phenotype is gradual and may lag behind …

Growth is a function of the net accrual of resources by an organism. Energy and elemental
contents of organisms are dynamically linked through their uptake and allocation to biomass …

Exposure to a pathogen is predicted to lead to increased energy use as hosts attempt to
activate a costly immune system and repair damaged tissue. To meet this demand …

Our understanding of ecosystem functioning is strongly linked to the study of predator–prey
relationships and food web structures. However, trophic ecology has often focused on …

The increasing frequency and intensity of summer heatwaves are pushing freshwater
zooplankton towards their upper thermal tolerance limits. At the same time, higher …

Invertebrate growth rates have been changing in the Anthropocene. We examine rates of
seasonal maturation in a grasshopper community that has been declining annually greater …

Feeding effects are crucial for evaluating the capacity of zooplankton to regulate
phytoplankton populations within freshwater ecosystems. To examine the impact of the …

In streams, phototrophic biofilms are considered to be a good‐quality resource for
consumers and are essential to support secondary production. However, with the increasing …