Keeping pace with climate change: what is wrong with the evolutionary potential of upper thermal limits?

Comment on 'Ecologically relevant measures of tolerance to potentially lethal temperatures'

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Measurement error in heat tolerance assays

(2012) Luis E. Castañeda et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Considerations for Assessing Maximum Critical Temperatures in Small Ectothermic Animals: Insights from Leaf-Cutting Ants

(2012) Pedro Leite Ribeiro et al.   PLoS One

Thermal Tolerance in Widespread and Tropical Drosophila Species: Does Phenotypic Plasticity Increase with Latitude?

(2011) Johannes Overgaard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

THE QTN PROGRAM AND THE ALLELES THAT MATTER FOR EVOLUTION: ALL THAT'S GOLD DOES NOT GLITTER

(2011) Matthew V. Rockman   EVOLUTION

Making sense of heat tolerance estimates in ectotherms: lessons from Drosophila

(2011) Mauro Santos et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Assessing population and environmental effects on thermal resistance in Drosophila melanogaster using ecologically relevant assays

(2011) Johannes Overgaard et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Climate change and evolutionary adaptation

(2011) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   NATURE

Guidelines for estimating repeatability

(2011) Matthew E. Wolak et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology

(2010) SL Chown et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Estimating the adaptive potential of critical thermal limits: methodological problems and evolutionary implications

(2010) Enrico L. Rezende et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A comprehensive assessment of geographic variation in heat tolerance and hardening capacity in populations of Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia

(2010) C. M. SGRÒ et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Physiological climatic limits in Drosophila: patterns and implications

(2010) A. A. Hoffmann   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rapid thermal responses and thermal tolerance in adult codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

(2010) Frank Chidawanyika et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Global analysis of thermal tolerance and latitude in ectotherms

(2010) J. M. Sunday et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptation, Plasticity, and Extinction in a Changing Environment: Towards a Predictive Theory

(2010) Luis-Miguel Chevin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Genome-Wide Patterns of Adaptation to Temperate Environments Associated with Transposable Elements in Drosophila

(2010) Josefa González et al.   PLoS Genetics

Animal temperature limits and ecological relevance: effects of size, activity and rates of change

(2009) Lloyd S. Peck et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Thermal ramping rate influences evolutionary potential and species differences for upper thermal limits in Drosophila

(2009) Katherine A. Mitchell et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Correlated changes in thermotolerance traits and body color phenotypes in montane populations ofDrosophila melanogaster: analysis of within- and between-population variations

(2009) R. Parkash et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming

(2009) R. B. Huey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fundamental Evolutionary Limits in Ecological Traits Drive Drosophila Species Distributions

(2009) V. Kellermann et al.   SCIENCE

Phenotypic variance, plasticity and heritability estimates of critical thermal limits depend on methodological context

(2008) Steven L. Chown et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude

(2008) C. A. Deutsch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Keeping up with a warming world; assessing the rate of adaptation to climate change

(2008) M. E Visser   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Thermal tolerance in a south-east African population of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes (Diptera, Glossinidae): Implications for forecasting climate change impacts

(2007) John S. Terblanche et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY