Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

Understanding the factors affecting thermal tolerance is crucial for predicting the impact
climate change will have on ectotherms. However, the role developmental plasticity plays in …

The greatest challenge that limits the application of pyro-catalytic materials is the lack of
highly frequent thermal cycling due to the enormous heat capacity of ambient environment …

Upper thermal limits (CTmax) are frequently used to parameterize the fundamental niche of
ectothermic animals and to infer biogeographical distribution limits under current and future …

Global warming is increasing the overheating risk for many organisms, though the potential
for plasticity in thermal tolerance to mitigate this risk is largely unknown. In part, this …

Rising global temperatures are threatening biodiversity. Studies on the impact of
temperature on natural populations usually use lethal or viability thresholds, termed the …

Attempts to link physiological thermal tolerance to global species distributions have relied on
lethal temperature limits, yet many organisms lose fertility at sublethal temperatures. Here …

Thermal acclimation capacity, the degree to which organisms can alter their optimal
performance temperature and critical thermal limits with changing temperatures, reflects …

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

Linking variation in species' traits to large-scale environmental gradients can lend insight
into the evolutionary processes that have shaped functional diversity and future responses …