Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude
- C. Deutsch, J. Tewksbury, P. Martin
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 6 May 2008
The results show that warming in the tropics, although relatively small in magnitude, is likely to have the most deleterious consequences because tropical insects are relatively sensitive to temperature change and are currently living very close to their optimal temperature, so that warming may even enhance their fitness.
Evaluating Temperature Regulation by Field-Active Ectotherms: The Fallacy of the Inappropriate Question
- P. E. Hertz, R. Huey, R. Stevenson
- Environmental ScienceAmerican Naturalist
- 1 November 1993
A sample analysis of the thermal biology of three Anolis lizards in Puerto Rico demonstrates the utility of the new protocol and its superiority to previous methods of evaluating temperature regulation.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas
- R. Huey
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2002
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation
- R. Huey, M. Kearney, A. Krockenberger, J. Holtum, M. Jess, S. Williams
- Environmental Science, BiologyPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
- 19 June 2012
It is concluded that ectotherms sharing vulnerability traits seem concentrated in lowland tropical forests and their vulnerability may be exacerbated by negative biotic interactions, as genetic and selective data are scant.
Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation
- J. Sunday, A. Bates, R. Huey
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 10 March 2014
It is found that most terrestrial ectotherms are insufficiently tolerant of high temperatures to survive the warmest potential body temperatures in exposed habitats and must therefore thermoregulate by using shade, burrows, or evaporative cooling and show why heat-tolerance limits are relatively invariant in comparison with cold limits.
Temperature , Physiology , and the Ecology of Reptiles
- R. Huey
- Biology
- 2008
In certain descriptive models (product, additive, quotient), two curves of the same or different shape are fitted together and choice among these curves involves several factors.
Integrating Thermal Physiology and Ecology of Ectotherms: A Discussion of Approaches
- R. Huey, R. Stevenson
- Engineering
- 1 February 1979
synopsis. An understanding of interactions between the thermal physiology and ecology of ectotherms remains elusive, partly because information on the relative performance of whole-animal…
Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming
- R. Huey, C. Deutsch, T. Garland
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 June 2009
Focal species analyses show that some tropical forest lizards were already experiencing stressful body temperatures in summer when studied several decades ago, and simulations suggest that warming will not only further depress their physiological performance in summer, but will also enable warm-adapted, open-habitat competitors and predators to invade forests.
Physiological Consequences of Habitat Selection
- R. Huey
- Environmental ScienceAmerican Naturalist
- 1 June 1991
Analyses of the physiological consequences of habitat selection are exemplified in several case studies, the importance of considering food and other factors in the analyses is stressed, and an extension to endotherms is briefly discussed.
Rapid evolution of a geographic cline in size in an introduced fly.
- R. Huey, G. Gilchrist, M. L. Carlson, D. Berrigan, L. Serra
- BiologyScience
- 14 January 2000
The introduction and rapid spread of Drosophila subobscura in the New World two decades ago provide an opportunity to determine the predictability and rate of evolution of a geographic cline, but different wing sections dominate the New versus Old World clines.
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