Bergmann's rule states that individuals of a species/clade at higher altitudes or latitudes will
be larger than those at lower ones. A systemic review of the known literature on inter-and …

The eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) is of central importance for agriculture in Asia. It has
adapted to a wide variety of environmental conditions across its native range in southern …

The thermal tolerance of a terrestrial insect species can vary as a result of differences in
population origin, developmental stage, age, and sex, as well as via phenotypic plasticity …

Global warming may affect species abundance and distribution, as well as temperature-
dependent morphometric traits. In this study, we first used historical data to document …

Social interactions in animal groups can buffer environmental stress and may enhance
survival under unfavourable conditions. In the present study, the impact on starvation …

Temperature affects most aspects of animal life, and impacts particularly strongly on
ectotherms. We studied the combined effects of growth temperature and adult acclimation …

Pit‐building antlions are small sit‐and‐wait arthropod predators, which dig conical pits in
sandy soils. We studied how biotic (conspecific density and feeding regime) and abiotic …

Trade-offs have a central role in evolutionary ecology and life-history theory. Here, we
present evidence for the existence of a rarely studied trade-off between growth rate and …

Ongoing climate change affects various aspects of an animal's life, with important effects on
distribution range and phenology. The relationship between global warming and body size …

Bergman and converse Bergman rules, amongst others, describe latitudinal variation in size
of organisms, including flying ectotherms like butterflies. However, geographic clines in …