Plasticity reveals hidden resistance to extinction under climate change in the global hotspot of salamander diversity

Trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange influence habitat suitability of a woodland salamander

(2018) Eric A. Riddell et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Population level differences in thermal sensitivity of energy assimilation in terrestrial salamanders

(2017) Timothy A. Clay et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

The importance of assessing parameter sensitivity when using biophysical models: a case study using plethodontid salamanders

(2017) William E. Peterman et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration

(2017) Thomas P. Albright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maxent-directed field surveys identify new populations of narrowly endemic habitat specialists

(2017) Cody M. Rhoden et al.   PeerJ

Foraging Activity Pattern Is Shaped by Water Loss Rates in a Diurnal Desert Rodent

(2016) Ofir Levy et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

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

(2016) Brent J. Sinclair et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mechanistic variables can enhance predictive models of endotherm distributions: the American pika under current, past, and future climates

(2016) Paul D. Mathewson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Configuration of the thermal landscape determines thermoregulatory performance of ectotherms

(2016) Michael W. Sears et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Improving the forecast for biodiversity under climate change

(2016) M. C. Urban et al.   SCIENCE

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines

(2016) Evan H. Campbell Grant et al.   Scientific Reports

Climate change and shrinking salamanders: alternative mechanisms for changes in plethodontid salamander body size

(2015) Grant M. Connette et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plasticity in thermal tolerance has limited potential to buffer ectotherms from global warming

(2015) A. R. Gunderson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Averting a North American biodiversity crisis

(2015) T. A. Yap et al.   SCIENCE

Accelerating extinction risk from climate change

(2015) M. C. Urban   SCIENCE

Geographic variation of resistance to water loss within two species of lungless salamanders: implications for activity

(2015) Eric A. Riddell et al.   Ecosphere

Widespread rapid reductions in body size of adult salamanders in response to climate change

(2014) Nicholas M. Caruso et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Thermal-safety margins and the necessity of thermoregulatory behavior across latitude and elevation

(2014) J. M. Sunday et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Physiological plasticity increases resilience of ectothermic animals to climate change

(2014) Frank Seebacher et al.   Nature Climate Change

microclim: Global estimates of hourly microclimate based on long-term monthly climate averages

(2014) Michael R Kearney et al.   Scientific Data

Plasticity and genetic adaptation mediate amphibian and reptile responses to climate change

(2013) Mark C. Urban et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation

(2013) C. N. Jenkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Truly enigmatic declines in terrestrial salamander populations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

(2012) Nicholas M. Caruso et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

(2012) R. B. Huey et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

(2012) A. Park Williams et al.   Nature Climate Change

Islands in the sky or squeezed at the top? Ecological causes of elevational range limits in montane salamanders

(2011) Matthew E. Gifford et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Additive threats from pathogens, climate and land-use change for global amphibian diversity

(2011) Christian Hof et al.   NATURE

Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change

(2011) Jennifer A. Sheridan et al.   Nature Climate Change

Modeling the consequences of thermal trait variation for the cane toad invasion of Australia

(2010) Jason J. Kolbe et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Can mechanism inform species’ distribution models?

(2010) Lauren B. Buckley et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology

(2010) John J. Wiens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The physiology of climate change: how potentials for acclimatization and genetic adaptation will determine 'winners' and 'losers'

(2010) G. N. Somero   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Projected Loss of a Salamander Diversity Hotspot as a Consequence of Projected Global Climate Change

(2010) Joseph R. Milanovich et al.   PLoS One

Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches

(2010) B. Sinervo et al.   SCIENCE

Correlative and mechanistic models of species distribution provide congruent forecasts under climate change

(2010) Michael R. Kearney et al.   Conservation Letters

Making conservation physiology relevant to policy makers and conservation practitioners

(2010) Steven J. Cooke et al.   Conservation Letters

The projection of species distribution models and the problem of non-analog climate

(2009) Matthew C. Fitzpatrick et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves

(2009) A. E. McKechnie et al.   Biology Letters

Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis

(2009) S. M. Rovito et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Downscaling Climate over Complex Terrain: High Finescale (

(2008) Jason D. Fridley   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Linking Traits to Energetics and Population Dynamics to Predict Lizard Ranges in Changing Environments

(2007) Lauren B. Buckley   AMERICAN NATURALIST