Research on the thermal ecology and physiology of free‐living organisms is accelerating as
scientists and managers recognize the urgency of the global biodiversity crisis brought on by …

Despite attracting many attentions in the past decades, microalgal cultivation still faces many
challenges for industrialisation. Growth, as one of the most crucial characteristics of a …

Global food security is strongly determined by crop production. Climate change-induced
losses to production can occur directly or indirectly, including via the distributions and …

Heat stress is a main threat to current and future global maize production. Adaptation of
maize to future warmer conditions requires improving our understanding of crop responses …

A new empirical equation for the sigmoid pattern of determinate growth,'the beta growth
function', is presented. It calculates weight (w) in dependence of time, using the following …

High temperatures are associated with reduced crop yields,, and predictions for future
warming have raised concerns regarding future productivity and food security,,,,. However …

Since 1730 when Reaumut introduced the concept of heat units, many methods of
calculating thermal physiological time heat have been used to simulate the phenology of …

Grassland productivity is regulated by both temperature and the amount and timing of
precipitation,. Future climate change is therefore expected to influence grassland phenology …

The increasing population and continuous urbanization make food security prominent in
sustainable development. It is important to develop economic and resource-efficient farming …

Temperature is a critical environmental factor regulating plant growth and yield. Corn is a
major agronomic crop produced globally over a vast geographic region, and highly variable …