Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

Ongoing climate change has profoundly affected global biodiversity, but its impacts on
populations across elevations remain understudied. Using mechanistic niche models …

Motivation The understanding of physiological adaptations, of evolutionary radiations and of
ecological responses to global change urges for global, comprehensive databases of the …

Aim Physiological and metabolic performance are key mediators of the functional response
of species to environmental change. Few environments offer such a multifaceted array of …

Thermoregulation is critical for ectotherms as it allows them to maintain their body
temperature close to an optimum for ecological performance. Thermoregulation includes a …

Better understanding how organisms respond to their abiotic environment, especially at the
biochemical level, is critical in predicting population trajectories under climate change. In …

High altitude imposes several extreme constraints on life, such as low oxygen pressure and
high levels of ultraviolet radiation, which require specialized adaptations. Many studies have …

Los desiertos siempre han fascinado a los investigadores debido a su alta diversidad de
hábitats, donde las especies de plantas y animales han podido adaptarse y diversificarse …

Urban environments offer dramatically different habitats for wildlife compared with natural
environments. They provide, for example, different levels of resource availability …

Lizard species may differ in their ecophysiology due to adaptation, plasticity and/or
phylogeny. In restrictive environments, ecophysiological differences of species living in …