Terrestrial ectotherms are likely to face increased periods of heat stress as mean
temperatures and temperature variability increase over the next few decades. Here, we …

▪ Abstract Molecular chaperones, including the heat-shock proteins (Hsps), are a ubiquitous
feature of cells in which these proteins cope with stress-induced denaturation of other …

This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their
environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of …

Although adaptation of Drosophila to thermal extremes has been investigated for many
years, only recently has much progress been made in identifying the genetic and …

Populations of common killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, are distributed along the Atlantic
coast of North America through a steep latitudinal thermal gradient. We examined …

We explicitly quantified spatial and temporal patterns in the body temperature of an
ecologically important species of intertidal invertebrate, the mussel Mytilus californianus …

Thermal performance curves have been widely used to model the ecological responses of
ectotherms to variable thermal environments and climate change. Such models ignore the …

Heat tolerance is a trait of paramount ecological importance and may determine a species'
ability to cope with ongoing climate change. Although critical thermal limits have …

Contrary to the view that embryos and larvae are the most fragile stages of life, development
is stable under real-world conditions. Early cleavage embryos are prepared for …

Understanding the mechanisms by which environmental variation impacts organisms in
nature is of great interest to comparative biologists and ecologists and is becoming …