Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Differential thermal sensitivity may explain the temporal distribution of foraging activity among different-sized workers in a polymorphic ant species

The study finds that larger ants in Messor barbarus are more sensitive to temperature changes than smaller ants, which may influence their foraging activity timing and colony responses to warming.

No evidence that proteome composition is associated with realised thermal limit and dietary niche breadth in butterflies

The paper analyzes proteome composition in 35 butterfly species to test if it correlates with thermal limits and diet breadth, finding no such association.

Winter temperature effects in a cold-adapted northern population of a range-expanding spider: survival, energy stores, and differential gene expression

This study examines how winter temperature regimes affect survival, energy stores, and gene expression in a cold-adapted spider population, finding plasticity but potential metabolic costs in warmer conditions.

Resource scarcity increases foraging activity despite thermal risk in an arid-adapted bird

The paper quantifies the trade-off between foraging activity and thermal risk in vulturine guineafowl during resource scarcity and drought.

No rest for the rodent: energy management strategies in the naked mole-rat

This study examines energy management strategies in naked mole-rats, finding that within-individual activity and resting metabolic rate are positively correlated, supporting the performance model.

Weak evaporative cooling capacity and body size shape thermal limits in tropical montane forest birds

This study examines thermoregulatory capacities of tropical montane forest birds, finding weak evaporative cooling and narrow thermal ranges linked to vulnerability to climate change.

Temperature outweighs diet in shaping developmental performance in two cricket species via growth delays and physiological limits

This study shows temperature has a greater impact than diet on developmental performance in two cricket species, primarily through growth delays and physiological limits at thermal extremes.

Postnatal developmental temperature affects the ontogeny of heat- and cold tolerance

This study examines how postnatal developmental temperature affects heat and cold tolerance in Japanese quail, finding that heatwave-like conditions increase heat tolerance while cold snap-like conditions improve cold tolerance, with no trade-off and reversible plasticity.

Metabolic fluctuations explain allometric scaling diversity

The paper shows metabolic scaling diversity arises from stochastic cellular growth dynamics, not fixed mass-metabolism relationships.

Hypoxia adaptation shapes genomic architecture and vertical niche transitions in copepods

This study investigates how hypoxia adaptation shaped genomic architecture and niche transitions in copepods using phylogenetic and transcriptomic analyses.

Temperature effects on reproductive and life-history traits in Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): a systematic map

This study systematically reviews 288 articles on temperature effects on reproductive and life-history traits in Drosophila, highlighting biases in species coverage and experimental design.

How interactions between temperature and resources scale from populations to communities

The paper develops a model to predict how temperature and resource interactions affect microbial growth across populations and communities, validated with lab and field data.

Does early-life food shortage alter the effect of elevated temperature on female life history?

This study examines how early-life food shortage and elevated temperature interact to affect female guppy life history traits, finding that higher temperatures reduce reproduction and increase mortality, with limited effects from food restriction.

Climate change induced selection on and evolution of insect thermal sensitivity

The paper shows that climate change has altered selection on insect thermal sensitivity, leading to evolutionary changes in growth rates at different temperatures over 25 years.

Universal phylogenetic inertia in body temperature evolution across endothermic and ectothermic tetrapods.

The paper uses macroevolutionary models to analyze how body temperature evolves in endothermic and ectothermic tetrapods, finding shared constraints on thermal physiology evolution despite ecological differences.

A database of biological thermal performances

The paper constructs a database of thermal performance curves for species across multiple domains, enabling ecological predictions and integration with environmental data.

Scaling laws in biological thermal performances

The paper compiles a database of thermal response curves across species and performance tasks, revealing universal scaling relationships in thermal performance.

Modeling asymmetric Thermal Performance Curves for proportion data

This paper introduces the LINEX Thermal Performance Curve, a novel non-linear model for asymmetric thermal responses, and demonstrates its superior fit for biological traits using simulations and experimental data.

Sea surface freshening can suppress the thermal tipping point of marine copepods

This study shows that sea surface freshening suppresses the thermal tipping point of marine copepods, reducing their survival and impacting marine ecosystems.

High-throughput multispecies qPCR assays to study the effects of acute thermal stress in three species of Acipenser sturgeon

The paper develops a multispecies qPCR chip to assess acute thermal stress effects on three Acipenser sturgeon species, finding species- and population-specific mRNA expression changes.

Winter metabolic compensation endangers woodland salamanders under climate change

This study shows that woodland salamanders have higher winter metabolic rates than summer, leading to energy depletion and potential local extinction under future warming.

Warming up to a new coat: moulting king penguins exhibit hyperthermia and increased peripheral heat loss

This study examines thermoregulation in moulting king penguins, finding that they experience hyperthermia and increased peripheral heat loss, supporting the warm-up hypothesis for feather development.

Behavioral anapyrexia as a response to virus infection in a poikilothermic vertebrate

The paper shows that infected tadpoles lower their body temperature more than uninfected ones, suggesting behavioral anapyrexia as a response to virus infection.

Chill tolerant Drosophila species maintain electrogenic muscle membrane potential to resist cold-induced depolarization

This study examines how Na+/K+-ATPase activity maintains muscle membrane potential in Drosophila species under different temperatures, finding that cold-tolerant species retain this electrogenic effect while sensitive species lose it.

Effects of animal dormancy on oxidative stress, immune status, and glucocorticoids: a meta-analysis

This study meta-analyzes 112 studies to show that dormancy affects oxidative stress, immune function, and glucocorticoids differently in endotherms and ectotherms.

Before the brink: sublethal impacts of climate change on stingless bee flight performance

This study examines how temperature affects flight performance in two stingless bee species and how their geographic ranges influence their thermal performance curves.

The Arctic copepod Calanus hyperboreus is more tolerant to marine heatwaves than temperate copepods in the Oslofjord

This study compares thermal tolerance and DNA damage in Arctic copepod Calanus hyperboreus and temperate copepods from the Oslofjord, finding C. hyperboreus more tolerant to higher temperatures.

Hypoxia exposure fine-tunes mitochondrial function in sea turtle cells

This study investigates how sea turtle and lizard cells respond to hypoxia, finding that sea turtle cells adapt more effectively by optimizing oxygen use and maintaining mitochondrial structure.

Biogeographic variation in reproductive strategy in a range-expanding marine gastropod

This study examines reproductive trait variation in a range-expanding marine gastropod, finding increased investment in fewer offspring at range edges, suggesting adaptive life-history changes.

Life history evolution of insects in response to climate variation: seasonal timing versus thermal physiology

This paper reviews literature and analyzes studies showing photoperiodism for diapause induction evolves predictably with latitude, while clinal variation in life history and thermal plasticity is inconsistent across taxa.