Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

Understanding the motors and brakes that guide physiological evolution is a topic of keen
interest, and is of increasing importance in light of global climate change. For more than half …

The theory of thermoregulation has developed slowly, hampering efforts to predict how
individuals can buffer climate change through behaviour. Mixed results of field and …

Many patterns observed in ecology, such as species richness, life history variation, habitat
use, and distribution, have physiological underpinnings. For many ectothermic organisms …

Sexual selection often shapes social behavioural activities, such as movement in the
environment to find possible partners, performance of displays to signal dominance and …

Climate change is predicted to affect many species by reducing range, habitat suitability and
breeding success. Cavity-nesting species, already threatened by deforestation and …

The effects of climate change are increasing in both intensity and scope, altering many
important abiotic factors. Temperature is perhaps the most studied climatic factor, but there is …

Mean air temperatures and the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme weather events
such as heatwaves are increasing due to climate change. Nest boxes experience more …

Achieving optimal body temperature maximizes animal fitness. Since ambient temperature
may limit ectotherm thermal performance, it can be constrained in too cold or hot …

The residue of simazine herbicide in the environment is known as one of pollutant stress for
lizards by crippling its fitness on direct toxic effects and indirect food shortage via the food …