Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures?

• Main Authors: Sinclair, Brent J., Marshall, Katie E., Sewell, Mary A., Levesque, Danielle L., Willett, Christopher S., Slotsbo, Stine, Yunwei, Dong, Harley, Christopher D. G., Marshall, David J., Helmuth, Brian S., Huey, Raymond B.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS 2016
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13667/1/can%20we%20predict%20ectotherm%20responses%20to%20climate%20change%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13667/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12686/epdf

Thermal performance curves (TPCs), which quantify how an ectotherm’s body temperature (Tb ) affects its performance or fitness, are often used in an attempt to predict organismal responses to climate change. Here, we examine the key – but often biologically unreasonable – assumptions underlying t...