Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: predicting responses of mammals to climate change

D Mitchell, EP Snelling, RS Hetem… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The accuracy of predictive models (also known as mechanistic or causal models) of animal
responses to climate change depends on properly incorporating the principles of heat …

Adaptive thermoregulation in endotherms may alter responses to climate change

JG Boyles, F Seebacher, B Smit… - Integrative and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is one of the major issues facing natural populations and thus a focus of
recent research has been to predict the responses of organisms to these changes. Models …

Towards a mechanistic understanding of the responses of large terrestrial mammals to heat and aridity associated with climate change

A Fuller, D Mitchell, SK Maloney, RS Hetem - Climate Change Responses, 2016 - Springer
In the face of climate change, the life history traits of large terrestrial mammals will prevent
them from adapting genetically at a sufficient pace to keep track with changing …

Seasonal bone growth and physiology in endotherms shed light on dinosaur physiology

M Köhler, N Marín-Moratalla, X Jordana, R Aanes - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Cyclical growth leaves marks in bone tissue that are in the forefront of discussions about
physiologies of extinct vertebrates. Ectotherms show pronounced annual cycles of growth …

Responses of large mammals to climate change

RS Hetem, A Fuller, SK Maloney, D Mitchell - Temperature, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Most large terrestrial mammals, including the charismatic species so important for
ecotourism, do not have the luxury of rapid micro-evolution or sufficient range shifts as …

Physiological mechanisms in coping with climate change

A Fuller, T Dawson, B Helmuth… - Physiological and …, 2010 - journals.uchicago.edu
Although many studies have modeled the effects of climate change on future species
distributions and extinctions, the theoretical approach most commonly used—climate …

Non-torpid heterothermy in mammals: another category along the homeothermy–hibernation continuum

DL Levesque, AM Breit, E Brown… - Integrative and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Variability in body temperature is now recognized to be widespread among whole-body
endotherms with homeothermy being the exception rather than the norm. A wide range of …

Heterothermy in large mammals: inevitable or implemented?

RS Hetem, SK Maloney, A Fuller… - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in biologging techniques over the past 20 years have allowed for the remote and
continuous measurement of body temperatures in free‐living mammals. While there is an …

Fog and fauna of the Namib Desert: past and future

D Mitchell, JR Henschel, RS Hetem… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The future of fog‐dependent habitats under climate change is unknown but likely precarious;
many have experienced recent declines in fog. Fog‐dependent deserts particularly will be …

Biologging physiological and ecological responses to climatic variation: new tools for the climate change era

HE Chmura, TW Glass, CT Williams - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In this mini-review, we discuss how biologging technology can be used to detect,
understand, and forecast species' responses to climate change. We review studies of …