Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Mucus transcriptional profiling as a minimally invasive approach to identify thermal stress in a stenothermal salmonid

The paper uses mucus transcriptional profiling to identify thermal stress in bull trout, finding a 94.1% accurate biomarker panel comparable to other tissues.

Biotic niche expansion constrains the fundamental abiotic niche: Evidence from experimental evolution

This study shows that expanding a species' biotic niche through experimental evolution reduces its abiotic niche tolerance, supporting the 'Jack-of-all-trades is master of none' hypothesis.

From proteins to species ranges: a framework for understanding thermal adaptation during range expansions

This paper develops a framework linking molecular thermodynamics to macroecological patterns of range expansion, showing that adaptation to warmer temperatures is easier than to cold.

The flaws of fitness functions in changing environments

The paper shows that composite fitness functions are flawed in variable environments by ignoring the distinct environmental dependence of underlying life-history processes, using empirical data from seed beetles.

Energetic misfires: Hybridization drives transgressive expression in metabolic pathways in thermally divergent Icelandic stickleback

This study examines hybridization effects on gene expression in Icelandic stickleback ecotypes under different temperatures, finding transgressive expression disrupting metabolic networks.

Deferred mortality: cyclic thermal stress during pupation triggers irreversible carry-over effects in a key pollinator

This study shows that cyclic thermal stress during bumblebee pupation reduces adult longevity and causes irreversible developmental damage.

A Matter of Degrees: Latitudinal Variation in the Transcriptional Response to High and Low Temperatures in an Estuarine Cnidarian

This study examines how different populations of Nematostella vectensis respond transcriptionally to heat and cold stress, finding population-specific responses and a core heat stress response.

Rapid adaptive evolution of microbial thermal performance curves

This study shows how genetic and environmental factors shape microbial thermal performance curves and their evolution under temperature changes.

Effects of hypoxia and low temperature on female physiology and reproduction of Drosophila melanogaster

This study examines how hypoxia and low temperature affect Drosophila melanogaster physiology and reproduction, finding non-additive effects that vary by genotype.

Can tropical agamid lizards physiologically tolerate the altered thermal mosaic of urban microhabitats?

This study assesses how urbanization affects thermal tolerance in two tropical lizards by analyzing microhabitat temperatures and physiological responses.

Energetics and behavior during predation in wild, schooling white mullet (Mugil curema)

This study quantifies the energetic costs of escape in schooling white mullet during predation and finds escape responses are intrinsic and not socially modulated.

Carryover effects modulate spring phenological responses to temperature in a herbivorous insect

This study shows temperature effects from previous life stages influence spring phenology in winter moths, with carryover effects impacting offspring hatching timing.

DIET IMPACTS THE EFFECTS OF THERMAL STRESS ON INFECTION OUTCOMES

This study shows that diet and temperature interact to affect infection outcomes in Drosophila, with low-carbohydrate diets improving survival but losing this benefit in mated flies under thermal stress.

Energetic consequences of single and repeated freezing in the intertidal mussel, Mytilus trossulus

This study examines the metabolic responses of intertidal mussels to single and repeated freezing, finding recovery periods reduce damage and hypoxia does not drive metabolic changes post-freezing.

Changes in body size with age do not follow the temperature-size rule

This study examines whether temperature and oxygen affect body size and growth in fish over time, finding that temperature has a small effect that varies with modeling assumptions.

Beyond Arrhenius: Nonlinear and negative temperature scaling of biological rates from multi-step mechanisms

The paper presents a Markov chain model to explain temperature scaling of biological rates, finding a three-zone pattern across diverse datasets.

Size- and colour-based mechanisms shape the phenological structure of butterfly communities

The paper examines how body size and colour variation in butterfly assemblages across Great Britain relate to seasonal environmental conditions and developmental constraints, finding that both traits align with thermoregulatory needs and seasonal patterns.

Different transcriptional responses to developmental versus short-term acclimation temperatures in Pieris rapae

This study compares transcriptional responses to long-term developmental and short-term acclimation temperatures in Pieris rapae, finding distinct gene sets and some overlapping functions.

Global synthesis of aquatic insect heat tolerance reveals oxygen availability as a key driver of climate vulnerability

This study synthesizes global data on aquatic insect heat tolerance, finding oxygen availability significantly influences their vulnerability to climate change.

A mosaic of climate vulnerability: local warming rates meet intraspecific divergence in heat tolerance

The paper combines climate and thermal trait data to assess how intraspecific heat tolerance and local warming rates affect species vulnerability to climate change, finding that existing variation is often insufficient to offset projected warming.

Thermal Plasticity of Stage-specific Development Time and Adult Body Size under Temperature Shifts: A Case Study Using Drosophila melanogaster

This study investigates how temperature shifts during different developmental stages affect development time and adult body size in Drosophila melanogaster.

Mean temperature determines whether winter variability accelerates or buffers energy loss

This study shows that winter temperature variability affects energy loss in dormant ectotherms differently depending on the mean temperature, with implications for survival under climate change.

In garden dormouse cerebral cortex, specific transcriptional programs exist for all major phases of hibernation

The paper identifies stage-specific transcriptional changes in garden dormouse cerebral cortex during hibernation phases, revealing metabolic and redox adaptations and a reversal during arousal.

Quantitative Neuropeptidomics Reveals Thermal Acclimation-Induced Remodeling of Peptidergic Signaling in the American Lobster Homarus americanus

The paper uses mass spectrometry to analyze neuropeptide changes in American lobsters under different temperatures, finding tissue-specific peptide abundance shifts linked to thermal adaptation.

Thermal performance in fishes varies systematically across latitude, habitat, and biological organization

The paper compiles thermal performance data from 107 fish species to analyze how thermal traits vary with latitude, habitat, and biological organization.

Acclimation to thermal variability increases the intensity of activity and alters the activity window in the temperate dung beetle Onthophagus taurus

This study examines how acclimation to different thermal variability regimes affects the activity patterns and energy expenditure of the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus.

Order matters: Autocorrelation of temperature dictates extinction risk in populations with nonlinear thermal performance

This study shows that the sequence of temperature events, not just their average, affects extinction risk in populations with nonlinear thermal performance.

Phenotypic and Genomic Evidence of Adaptive Tracking in Thermal Tolerance of Wild Populations of an Invasive Drosophila.

The paper examines adaptive tracking in Drosophila suzukii, finding that polygenic traits like thermal tolerance show delayed evolutionary responses, while oligogenic traits exhibit stronger seasonal genomic signatures.

Effects of partner workload and increasing environmental temperature on nestling provisioning and body temperature in a declining aerial insectivore

This study examines how male tree swallow provisioning and body temperature respond to partner workload and environmental temperature, finding that males limit provisioning below overheating thresholds.

Proteomic changes associated with the initiation and termination of aestivation in the cabbage stem flea beetle

This study identifies proteomic changes during aestivation in cabbage stem flea beetles, finding reduced translation proteins and proteolysis-related proteins at termination, with discrepancies compared to RNA-seq results.