ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2022
Into the wild-a field study on the evolutionary and ecological importance of thermal plasticity in ectotherms across temperate and tropical regions.
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- Greater plasticity in CTmax with increased climate variability among populations of tailed frogs.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Adaptive, maladaptive, neutral, or absent plasticity: Hidden caveats of reaction norms.Evolutionary applications · 2023Article
- The importance of considering the duration of extreme temperatures when investigating responses to climate change.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Understanding the biology of species' ranges: when and how does evolution change the rules of ecological engagement?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Environmental variation and biotic interactions limit adaptation at ecological margins: lessons from rainforestPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Introduction to the theme issue 'Species' ranges in the face of changing environments'.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Preface.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- The role of phenotypic plasticity in the establishment of range margins.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Into the wild-a field study on the evolutionary and ecological importance of thermal plasticity in ectotherms across temperate and tropical regions.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Rapid Adjustments in Thermal Tolerance and the Metabolome to Daily Environmental Changes - A Field Study on the Arctic Seed BugFrontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Understanding how environmental factors affect the thermal tolerance of species is crucial for predicting the impact of thermal stress on species abundance and distribution. To date, species' responses to thermal stress are typically assessed on laboratory-reared individuals and using coarse, low-resolution, climate data that may not reflect microhabitat dynamics at a relevant scale. Here, we examine the daily temporal variation in heat tolerance in a range of species in their natural environments across temperate and tropical Australia. Individuals were collected in their habitats throughout the day and tested for heat tolerance immediately thereafter, while local microclimates were recorded at the collection sites. We found high levels of plasticity in heat tolerance across all the tested species. Both short- and long-term variability of temperature and humidity affected plastic adjustments of heat tolerance within and across days, but with species differences. Our results reveal that plastic changes in heat tolerance occur rapidly at a daily scale and that environmental factors on a relatively short timescale are important drivers of the observed variation in thermal tolerance. Ignoring such fine-scale physiological processes in distribution models might obscure conclusions about species' range shifts with global climate change. This article is part of the theme issue 'Species' ranges in the face of changing environments (part 1)'.
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