We analyze the effects of changing patterns of thermal availability, in space and time, on the
performance of small ectotherms. We approach this problem by breaking it into a series of …

In fluctuating thermal conditions, the survival challenge for insects is particularly difficult
because their physiological activities depend upon environmental temperature. The extreme …

Simple Summary The yellow mealworm, super worm, and house cricket are among the most
widely produced insects, with high feed conversion efficiency. However, their nutritional …

Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems.
They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 993–1000 Abstract For more than a century, the scaling of animal
metabolic rates with individual body masses and environmental temperature has …

Insects in temperate regions are predicted to be at low risk of climate change relative to
tropical species. However, these assumptions have generally been poorly examined in all …

This study evaluated survival and growth of Cambodian field crickets (Teleogryllus
testaceus) during captivity when fed a set of local weed species, agricultural and food …

Physiological traits are key in determining the vulnerability of narrow range, highly
specialized animals to climate change. It is generally predicted that species from more …

Climatic means with different degrees of variability (δ) may change in the future and could
significantly impact ectotherm species fitness. Thus, there is an increased interest in …

Changes in environmental temperature can pose considerable challenges to animals and
shifts in thermal habitat have been shown to be a major force driving species' adaptation …