Climate change is altering the phenology of species across the world, but what are the
consequences of these phenological changes for the demography and population dynamics …

Urban ecosystems exhibit altered environmental conditions compared to the rural
surroundings, including higher temperatures, the so‐called urban heat island (UHI) effect …

If the current rate of climate change continues, the composition, distribution, and relative
population sizes of species in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere are likely to …

Spiders at southern latitudes commonly produce multiple clutches, but this has not been
observed at high latitudes where activity seasons are much shorter. Yet the timing of …

Mountain topography gives rise to often dramatic climate‐driven elevation gradients in
primary productivity, which can generate substantial biodiversity variation. Therefore …

Sexual dimorphism describes substantial differences between male and female phenotypes.
In spiders, sexual dimorphism research almost exclusively focuses on size, and recent …

Body size influences an individual's physiology and the nature of its intra‐and interspecific
interactions. Changes in this key functional trait can therefore have important implications for …

The aim of this study was to test the steepness of body size variation in males and females in
the widespread ground beetle Pterostichus melanarius in geographical gradients. Beetles …

Environmental gradients can help us comprehend the range of adaptations or plasticity that
a given species can exhibit in response to climatic change. In this study, we assessed the …

Terrestrial ecosystems are heterogeneous habitat mosaics of varying vegetation types that
are differentially affected by climate change. Arctic plant communities, for example, are …