Global change
- Thermal tolerance in the urban heat island: thermal sensitivity varies ontogenetically and differs between embryos of two sympatric ectotherms
Summary: Embryos of two lizard species differ in thermal tolerance in ways that correspond with species-specific nest microhabitats and patterns of occupancy throughout the urban matrix.
- Thermal spikes from the urban heat island increase mortality and alter physiology of lizard embryos
Summary: Nest temperatures in the urban landscape increase embryo developmental rate but reduce egg survival in lizards.
- The fallacy of the average: on the ubiquity, utility and continuing novelty of Jensen's inequality
Summary: Performance at average conditions is seldom equal to average performance across a range of conditions. Known as Jensen's inequality, this disparity has important implications for how biologists view the world.