Temperature profoundly impacts both the phenotypes and distributions of organisms. These
thermal effects exert strong selective pressures on behaviour, physiology and life history …

During the last quarter of a century, the evolution of the thermal sensitivity of performance in
ectotherms has become a major focus of research programs in evolutionary physiology …

We describe a research protocol for evaluating temperature regulation from data on small
field-active ectothermic animals, especially lizards. The protocol requires data on body …

Body temperature (T b) profoundly affects the fitness of ectotherms. Many ectotherms use
behavior to control T b within narrow levels. These temperatures are assumed to be optimal …

Organismal performance abilities occupy a central position in phenotypic evolution; they are
determined by suites of interacting lower‐level traits (eg, morphology and physiology) and …

Evidence has accumulated in recent decades on the drastic impact of climate change on
biodiversity. Warming temperatures have induced changes in species physiology …

Eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) exhibit a distinct thermal preference that might
be related to the thermal optimum for physiological performance. Sprint speed and treadmill …

Tongue-flicking is a synapomorphy of squamate reptiles functioning to sample chemicals for
vomerolfactory analysis, which became possible in primitive squamates when ducts opened …

Thermal constraint on energy assimilation is an important source of life history variation in
geographically widespread ectotherms such as the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus …

Ecology and evolution unfold in spatially structured communities, where dispersal links
dynamics across scales. Because dispersal is multicausal, identifying general drivers …