How ecological niche breadth evolves is central to adaptation and speciation and has been
a topic of perennial interest. Niche breadth evolution research has occurred within …

The accuracy of predictive models (also known as mechanistic or causal models) of animal
responses to climate change depends on properly incorporating the principles of heat …

Rising temperatures are leading to increased prevalence of warm-affinity species in
ecosystems, known as thermophilisation. However, factors influencing variation in …

Protected areas (PAs) are the primary strategy for slowing terrestrial biodiversity loss.
Although expansion of PA coverage is prioritized under the Convention on Biological …

Thermal macrophysiology is an established research field that has led to well-described
patterns in the global structuring of climate adaptation and risk. However, since it was …

Studies that evaluate climate change projections over the whole of South America (SA) and
including different seasons and models are scarce. In this context, the objective of this work …

Extreme temperatures can injure or kill organisms and can drive evolutionary patterns. Many
indices of extremes have been proposed, but few attempts have been made to establish …

Aim Tropical species are thought to be more susceptible to climate warming than are higher
latitude species. This prediction is largely based on the assumption that tropical species can …

In the face of climate change, the life history traits of large terrestrial mammals will prevent
them from adapting genetically at a sufficient pace to keep track with changing …

An animal's daily use of time (their “diel activity”) reflects their adaptations, requirements,
and interactions, yet we know little about the underlying processes governing diel activity …