- A damage accumulation model identifies distinct aging regimes across species
2026/06/09 by Naveh Raz, Yifan Yang, Glen Pridham +6 · 2 voices · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Climate change #Ectotherm #Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Identification (biology) #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Population #Work (physics)
- Sex and age shape mitochondrial function in a long-lived seabird
2026/03/27 by Matteo Beccardi, Justine Bertram, Sandra Bouwhuis +4 · 2 voices · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Ageing #Avian ecology and behavior #Bioenergetics #Ectotherm #Function (biology) #Mitochondrial DNA #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Mitochondrion #Mitophagy #Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Pink Cricket Club: Dramatic color change in a Neotropical leaf‐masquerading katydid ( Arota festae , Griffini, 1896)
2026/03/01 by J. Benito Wainwright, Zeke W. Rowe, Matthew P. Greenwell +3 · 2 voices
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Camouflage #Climate change #Cricket #Ectotherm #Foraging #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Human evolution, migration, and adaptation in the Last Glacial environments
2025/11/27 by Qiaomei Fu · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Adaptation (eye) #Climate change #Ectotherm #Glacial period #Meltwater #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Quantifying the Magnitude of Biological Invasions Using Total Biomass
2025/11/26 by Franck Courchamp, Gabriel Klippel, Elena Angulo +21 · 2 voices
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biological Control of Invasive Species #Biomass (ecology) #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Ecosystem #Ectotherm #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies #Magnitude (astronomy) #Productivity
- Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity
2025/11/26 by Thomas L. Weeks, Patrick A. Walkden, David P. Edwards +4 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Ecological stability #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Ecosystem #Ecosystem dynamics and resilience #Ectotherm #Environmental change #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Functional diversity #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Metacommunity #Psychological resilience #Trait #Trophic level
- ShareTrait : Towards interoperable and reusable individual trait‐based data in ectotherms
2025/09/12 by Félix P. Leiva, Jacintha Ellers, Matty P. Berg +34 · 2 voices · 3 citations
Environmental Science · #Data integration #Data sharing #Ectotherm #Interoperability #Metadata #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Population #Reuse #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Trait
- Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees
2025/09/01 by Kali Middleby, Rebecca Jordan, Alexander W. Cheesman +4 · 1 voice · 3 citations
Environmental Science · #Acclimatization #Adaptation (eye) #Atmospheric sciences #Biology #Botany #Climate change #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Ectotherm #Environmental science #Intraspecific competition #Local adaptation #Photosynthesis #Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Specific leaf area #Trait #Tropics
- Mechanistic origins of temperature scaling in the early embryonic cell cycle
2025/08/28 by Jan Rombouts, Franco Tavella, Alexandra Vandervelde +4 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Activation energy #Arrhenius equation #Biological system #Biology #Biophysics #Cell biology #Chemistry #Danio #Ecology #Ectotherm #Genetics #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Scaling #Xenopus #Zebrafish
- Deforestation poses deleterious effects to tree-climbing species under climate change
2024/03/01 by Omer B. Zlotnick, Keith N. Musselman, K. N. Musselman +1 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Environmental Science · #Agroforestry #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Arboreal locomotion #Biodiversity #Biology #Climate change #Deforestation (computer science) #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Ectotherm #Effects of global warming #Geography #Global warming #Habitat #Habitat destruction #Population #Population growth #Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Aposematism facilitates the diversification of parental care strategies in poison frogs
2021/09/24 by Juan D. Carvajal-Castro, Fernando Vargas‐Salinas, Santiago Casas‐Cardona +2 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Aposematism #Biology #Ecology #Ectotherm #Heliconius #Larva #Mimicry #Offspring #Paternal care #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Predator #Tadpole (physics) #Zoology
- The effects of temperature on the defensive strikes of rattlesnakes
2020/01/01 by Malachi D. Whitford, Grace A. Freymiller, Timothy E. Higham +1 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Ectotherm #Predation #Escape response #Biology #Ecology #Zoology
- Rate dynamics of ectotherm responses to thermal stress
2019/05/01 by Aleksandra Kovacevic, Guillaume Latombe, Steven L. Chown · 8 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Astrophysics #Biological system #Biology #Ecology #Econometrics #Ectotherm #Interspecific competition #Intraspecific competition #Mathematics #Physics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Statistical physics #Statistics #Variation (astronomy)
- Tick-Bacteria Mutualism Depends on B Vitamin Synthesis Pathways
2018/05/31 by Olivier Duron, Olivier Morel, Valérie Noël +9 · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Bacteria #Biology #Ecology #Ectotherm #Francisella #Francisella tularensis #Gene #Genetics #Insect and Pesticide Research #Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences #Intracellular parasite #Microbiology #Mutualism (biology) #Obligate #Tick #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Virulence #Zoology
- A broad-scale comparison of aerobic activity levels in vertebrates: endotherms versus ectotherms
2017/02/15 by James F. Gillooly, Juan Pablo Gómez, Juan Pablo Gomez +1 · 12 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biochemistry #Biology #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Ectotherm #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Vertebrate #Zoology
- Beyond Thermal Performance Curves: Modeling Time-Dependent Effects of Thermal Stress on Ectotherm Growth Rates
2016/01/08 by Joel G. Kingsolver, H. Arthur Woods · 32 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Neuroscience · #Atmospheric sciences #Biological system #Biology #Climate change #Ecology #Ectotherm #Environmental science #Generation time #Growth model #Growth rate #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Larva #Mathematics #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Physics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Has contemporary climate change played a role in population declines of the lizard Ctenophorus decresii from semi-arid Australia?
2014/12/06 by Samantha Walker, Devi Stuart‐Fox, Devi Stuart-Fox +2 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Arid #Biological dispersal #Biology #Climate change #Demography #Ecology #Ectotherm #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Geography #Habitat #Lizard #Local extinction #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Population #Population decline #Range (aeronautics) #Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards
2014/01/15 by Martha M. Muñoz, Maureen A. Stimola, Adam C. Algar +5 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Thermoregulation #Biology #Anolis #Adaptation (eye) #Ecology #Context (archaeology) #Ectotherm #Evolutionary physiology #Lizard #Tropical climate #Iguanidae #Habitat #Phenotypic plasticity #Natural selection #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Sauria #Evolutionary ecology
- Could thermal sensitivity of mitochondria determine species distribution in a changing climate?
2013/02/01 by Iftikar, Fathima I., MacDonald, Julia R., Baker, Daniel W. +2 · 28 voices · 38 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Cytochrome c oxidase #Ectotherm #Heart failure #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Mitochondrial ROS #Mitochondrion #Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses #Oxidative phosphorylation #Oxygen #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Reactive oxygen species #Temperate climate
- Bone histology of aquatic reptiles: what does it tell us about secondary adaptation to an aquatic life?
2012/10/25 by Alexandra Houssaye · 4 citations
Environmental Science · #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Biology #Ectotherm #Ecology #Extant taxon #Adaptation (eye) #Taxon #Zoology #Life history #Evolutionary biology
- Thermal Performance Curves, Phenotypic Plasticity, and the Time Scales of Temperature Exposure
2011/08/13 by Patricia M. Schulte, P. M. Schulte, Timothy M. Healy +3 · 58 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Acclimatization #Adaptation (eye) #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Atmospheric sciences #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biological system #Biology #Climate change #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Ectotherm #Environmental science #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fundulus #Killifish #Organism #Phenotypic plasticity #Physics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: Partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns
2011/03/28 by Wilco C. E. P. Verberk, David T. Bilton, Piero Calosi +1 · 42 citations
Chemistry · Environmental Science · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Biochemical oxygen demand #Biology #Chemical oxygen demand #Chemistry #Ecology #Ectotherm #Environmental chemistry #Environmental engineering #Environmental science #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Hypoxia (environmental) #Limiting oxygen concentration #Oxygen #Oxygen saturation #Partial pressure #Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Global warming benefits the small in aquatic ecosystems
2009/07/21 by Martin Daufresne, Martín Daufresne, Kathrin Lengfellner +1 · 70 citations
Environmental Science · #Aquatic ecosystem #Biology #Biota #Climate change #Ecology #Ecosystem #Ectotherm #Effects of global warming #Environmental science #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Geography #Global change #Global warming #Latitude #Marine and fisheries research #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Zooplankton
- Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration
2007/11/06 by Alexandre Roulin, Bettina Almasi, Anya Rossi-Pedruzzi +8 · 20 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Corticosterone #Ectotherm #Endocrinology #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Heritability #Hormone #Melanin #Melanin-concentrating hormone #Melanism #Melanocortin #Melanocortins #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Neuropeptide #Receptor #Sexual selection #Zoology #melanin and skin pigmentation
- Digestive morphology and enzyme activity in the Andean toad Bufo spinulosus: hard-wired or flexible physiology?
2005/01/13 by Daniel E. Naya, Gonzalo Farfán, Pablo Sabat +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Amphibian #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biochemistry #Biology #Bufo #Digestive enzyme #Ecology #Ectotherm #Enzyme #Facilitation #Interspecific competition #Intraspecific competition #Neuroscience #Phenotypic plasticity #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Toad #Trait #Zoology
- Geographic variation in the life history of the sagebrush lizard: the role of thermal constraints on activity
2004/11/29 by Michael W. Sears · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Adaptation (eye) #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Demography #Ecology #Ectotherm #Forage #Life history #Life history theory #Lizard #Population #Population growth #Predation #Trade-off #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- The Temperature‐Size Rule in Ectotherms: Simple Evolutionary Explanations May Not Be General
2003/09/01 by Michael J. Angilletta, Michael J. Angilletta, Jr.,, Arthur E. Dunham +1 · 39 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Bergmann's rule #Biology #Ecology #Econometrics #Ectotherm #Growth rate #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Mathematics #Physics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Simple (philosophy)
- Structure, function and evolution of the gas exchangers: comparative perspectives
2002/10/01 by J. N. Maina, John N. Maina · 25 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Biology #Ecology #Ectotherm #Heat exchanger #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses #Physics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Respiratory system #Thermodynamics
- Optimal diet theory: when does it work, and when and why does it fail?
2001/02/01 by Andrew Sih, Bent T. Christensen, Bent Christensen · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Computer science #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Ectotherm #Invertebrate #Optimal foraging theory #Predation #Predator #Vertebrate #Vulnerability (computing) #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Natural selection and the heritability of fitness components
1987/10/01 by Timothy A Mousseau, Timothy A. Mousseau, Derek A. Roff +1 · 68 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Directional selection #Ecology #Ectotherm #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Genetic correlation #Genetic variation #Genetics #Heritability #Life history #Life history theory #Natural selection #Quantitative genetics #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology