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

Operative temperature (Te) and standard operative temperature (Tes) models have been
used to address ecological questions about the thermal biology of ectotherms and …

Reduction in body size is a major response to climate change, yet evidence in globally
imperiled amphibians is lacking. Shifts in average population body size could indicate either …

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

Destruction of habitat due to urban sprawl, pollution, and deforestation has caused
population declines or even extinction of many of the world's approximately 2,600 snake …

In geographically widespread ectotherms, variation in life history phenotypes may be
caused by differences in maintenance metabolism of individuals. I estimated daily and …

Temperature is a primary factor influencing organismal development, and the fluctuating
daily and seasonal thermal regimes of temperate climates may challenge the ability of …

A classic question in evolutionary biology is whether behavioral flexibility hastens or hinders
evolutionary change. The latter idea, that behavior reduces the number of environmental …

2012 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine Carl H. and Evelyn M. Ernst have
completely revised their landmark reference Venomous Reptiles of North America to present …

Temperature variation throughout a species range can be extensive and exert divergent
spatiotemporal patterns of selection. The estimation of phenotypic differences of populations …