Vanessa Kellermann

Nesting behaviour predicts heat tolerance evolution and climate vulnerability in bees

This study shows that nesting behavior influences heat tolerance evolution in bees, affecting their vulnerability to climate change.

Local adaptation in climate tolerance at a small geographic scale contrasts with broad latitudinal patterns

The paper compares climate tolerance variation across a broad latitudinal gradient and local environmental heterogeneity in Drosophila melanogaster, finding similar levels of adaptation at both scales.

Low temperature triggers sociality in a facultatively social bee

This study shows that low temperature induces social behavior in the facultatively social bee Exoneura robusta, revealing an environmental cue for sociality.

Variation in temperature but not diet determines the stability of latitudinal clines in tolerance traits and their plasticity

This study shows that temperature, not diet, shapes latitudinal clines in stress tolerance traits and their plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster.

Variation in phenotypic plasticity in desiccation tolerance is driven by trade-offs, not climate, in Drosophila melanogaster

Species richness patterns in Fijian bees are explained by constraints in physiological traits

This study shows that physiological traits like heat tolerance and desiccation resistance constrain bee species richness in Fijian elevational gradients, with species tracking climatic niches to higher elevations as climates warm.