Fertility and mortality impacts of thermal stress from experimental heatwaves on different life stages and their recovery in a model insect

Climate change contributes to widespread declines among bumble bees across continents

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Predicting temperature mortality and selection in natural Drosophila populations

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The Impact of Climate Change on Fertility

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Adaptive thermal plasticity enhances sperm and egg performance in a model insect

(2019) Ramakrishnan Vasudeva et al.   eLife

Experimental evolution with an insect model reveals that male homosexual behaviour occurs due to inaccurate mate choice

(2018) Kris Sales et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Temperature fluctuations during development reduce male fitness and may limit adaptive potential in tropical rainforest Drosophila

(2018) A. D. Saxon et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch

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Heat stress responses in spermatozoa: Mechanisms and consequences for cattle fertility

(2018) Mohammad Bozlur Rahman et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web

(2018) Bradford C. Lister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental heatwaves compromise sperm function and cause transgenerational damage in a model insect

(2018) Kris Sales et al.   Nature Communications

Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations

(2017) Ruben C. Arslan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Influence of acclimation to sublethal temperature on heat tolerance of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) exposed to 50°C

(2017) Jianhua Lü et al.   PLoS One

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

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Temperature extremes: geographic patterns, recent changes, and implications for organismal vulnerabilities

(2016) Lauren B. Buckley et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Beyond the Mean: Biological Impacts of Cryptic Temperature Change

(2016) Kimberly S. Sheldon et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Sensitivity of UK butterflies to local climatic extremes: which life stages are most at risk?

(2016) Osgur McDermott Long et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Local adaptation of reproductive performance during thermal stress

(2016) D. Porcelli et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Selected sperm traits are simultaneously altered after scrotal heat stress and play specific roles in in vitro fertilization and embryonic development

(2016) Aline C. Lucio et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Insect thermal baggage

(2016) Caroline Williams   Nature Climate Change

Transient scrotal hyperthermia affects human sperm DNA integrity, sperm apoptosis, and sperm protein expression

(2016) M. Rao et al.   Andrology

Cuticle formation and pigmentation in beetles

(2016) Mi Young Noh et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

An Ecology of Sperm: Sperm Diversification by Natural Selection

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Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

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Dynamic changes in the sperm quality ofMytilus galloprovincialisunder continuous thermal stress

(2015) Raffaele Boni et al.   MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

New approaches narrow global species estimates for beetles, insects, and terrestrial arthropods

(2015) Nigel E. Stork et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Combined Approach to Heat Stress Effect on Male Fertility in Nasonia vitripennis: From the Physiological Consequences on Spermatogenesis to the Reproductive Adjustment of Females Mated with Stressed Males

(2015) Marlène Chirault et al.   PLoS One

Mortality, Temporary Sterilization, and Maternal Effects of Sublethal Heat in Bed Bugs

(2015) Bjørn Arne Rukke et al.   PLoS One

Impact of hot events at different developmental stages of a moth: the closer to adult stage, the less reproductive output

(2015) Wei Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Fitness costs associated with different frequencies and magnitudes of temperature change in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

(2014) Kristin Franke et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Dramatically increasing chance of extremely hot summers since the 2003 European heatwave

(2014) Nikolaos Christidis et al.   Nature Climate Change

Constant diurnal temperature regime alters the impact of simulated climate warming on a tropical pseudoscorpion

(2014) Jeanne A. Zeh et al.   Scientific Reports

Developmental coupling of larval and adult stages in a complex life cycle: insights from limb regeneration in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2013) Alison K Lee et al.   EvoDevo

Heat shock-mediated misexpression of genes in the beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2012) Johannes Benno Schinko et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Upper thermal limits in terrestrial ectotherms: how constrained are they?

(2012) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells

(2012) S. E. Perkins et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Metamorphosis and Gonad Maturation in the Horn FlyHaematobia irritans

(2012) Alicia L Basso et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

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Effects of exposure to short-term heat stress on male reproductive fitness in a soil arthropod

(2011) Z. Valentina Zizzari et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

How does heat shock affect the life history traits of adults and progeny of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius avenae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)?

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TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FECUNDITY ASSOCIATES WITH LATITUDE IN CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE

(2010) Anisha Prasad et al.   EVOLUTION

Sperm viability staining in ecology and evolution: potential pitfalls

(2009) Luke Holman   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Consequences for the Bovine Embryo of Being Derived from a Spermatozoon Subjected to Post-Ejaculatory Aging and Heat Shock: Development to the Blastocyst Stage and Sex Ratio

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Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2009

(2008) G Kroemer et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

HSP70 expression in the Copper butterflyLycaena tityrusacross altitudes and temperatures

(2008) I. KARL et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Effects of temperature on mating duration, sperm transfer and remating frequency in Callosobruchus chinensis

(2008) Masako Katsuki et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

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

A single, mild, transient scrotal heat stress causes DNA damage, subfertility and impairs formation of blastocysts in mice

(2008) Catriona Paul et al.   REPRODUCTION