Survive a warming climate: insect responses to extreme high temperatures

CS Ma, G Ma, S Pincebourde - Annual Review of Entomology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Global change includes a substantial increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme high
temperatures (EHTs), which influence insects at almost all levels. The number of studies …

Insects in fluctuating thermal environments

H Colinet, BJ Sinclair, P Vernon… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
All climate change scenarios predict an increase in both global temperature means and the
magnitude of seasonal and diel temperature variation. The nonlinear relationship between …

Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming

DA Vasseur, JP DeLong, B Gilbert… - … of the royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Increases in the frequency, severity and duration of temperature extremes are anticipated in
the near future. Although recent work suggests that changes in temperature variation will …

What can plasticity contribute to insect responses to climate change?

CM Sgrò, JS Terblanche… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Plastic responses figure prominently in discussions on insect adaptation to climate change.
Here we review the different types of plastic responses and whether they contribute much to …

Temperature variation makes ectotherms more sensitive to climate change

KP Paaijmans, RL Heinig, RA Seliga… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ectotherms are considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate warming. Descriptions of
habitat temperatures and predicted changes in climate usually consider mean monthly …

Optimal temperature for malaria transmission is dramatically lower than previously predicted

EA Mordecai, KP Paaijmans, LR Johnson… - Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ecology of mosquito vectors and malaria parasites affect the incidence, seasonal
transmission and geographical range of malaria. Most malaria models to date assume …

Terrestrial insects and climate change: adaptive responses in key traits

V Kellermann, B van Heerwaarden - Physiological Entomology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting how adaptation will contribute to species' resilience to climate
change will be paramount to successfully managing biodiversity for conservation …

Ecological and evolutionary impacts of changing climatic variability

DP Vázquez, E Gianoli, WF Morris… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While average temperature is likely to increase in most locations on Earth, many places will
simultaneously experience higher variability in temperature, precipitation, and other climate …

How will mosquitoes adapt to climate warming?

LI Couper, JE Farner, JM Caldwell, ML Childs… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The potential for adaptive evolution to enable species persistence under a changing climate
is one of the most important questions for understanding impacts of future climate change …

Ecological change in dynamic environments: Accounting for temporal environmental variability in studies of ocean change biology

KJ Kroeker, LE Bell, EM Donham… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental conditions in the ocean have long been considered relatively more
stable through time compared to the conditions on land. Advances in sensing technologies …