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Hot off the press: Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Hot off the press: Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
Our article in PNAS explores several controversies in metabolic theory in a macroscale study of 🐜 #aridity #temp #SMR #DGC 📸:François Brassard
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501541122
🦎 We tracked free-ranging lizards with custom-made backpacks to test if thermal performance predicts survival in the wild.
The link between lab-measured physiology and real-world fitness?
Not so straightforward.
Read more in @JAnimEcol: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The link between lab-measured physiology and real-world fitness?
Not so straightforward.
Read more in @JAnimEcol: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thermal performance curves, activity and survival in a free‐ranging ectotherm
We show higher field-measured locomotor performance increases mortality risk in free-ranging lizards, challenging assumptions from laboratory-based thermal performance studies. Our approach combines ....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🦎 We tracked free-ranging lizards with custom-made backpacks to test if thermal performance predicts survival in the wild.
The link between lab-measured physiology and real-world fitness?
Not so straightforward.
Read more in @JAnimEcol: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The link between lab-measured physiology and real-world fitness?
Not so straightforward.
Read more in @JAnimEcol: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Feeling very humbled to receive the 2025 Mike Bull Award from Nature Foundation🦎 Mike Bull was a giant in Australian ecology—his work on lizard behaviour and long-term field studies shaped our understanding of species and systems.
www.naturefoundation.org.au/news-events/...
www.naturefoundation.org.au/news-events/...
Nature Foundation
Nature Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that invests in conserving, restoring and protecting South Australian landscapes, flora and fauna.
www.naturefoundation.org.au
June 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Feeling very humbled to receive the 2025 Mike Bull Award from Nature Foundation🦎 Mike Bull was a giant in Australian ecology—his work on lizard behaviour and long-term field studies shaped our understanding of species and systems.
www.naturefoundation.org.au/news-events/...
www.naturefoundation.org.au/news-events/...
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🚨 To all #microclimate aficionados, this is a major update of the #SoilTemp initiative which has just metamorphosed into the beautiful #MEB network for #microclimate #ecology & #biogeography #network
The #SoilTemp initiative 🐛 turns to #MEB network 🦋
⬇️ Check it out ⬇️
The #SoilTemp initiative 🐛 turns to #MEB network 🦋
⬇️ Check it out ⬇️
The word is out officially, now: SoilTemp has finished its transformation into 'The MEB-network' - a fully-fledged research network that goes far beyond just being a database. And boy, does that make me proud!
Let me show you all the ways you can get involved here:
the3dlab.org/2025/05/31/s...
Let me show you all the ways you can get involved here:
the3dlab.org/2025/05/31/s...
SoilTemp is now MEB!
Over the past six years, I’ve poured my heart into SoilTemp. What started as a vision for a global soil temperature database quickly grew into something much more: a living, breathing community of …
the3dlab.org
May 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨 To all #microclimate aficionados, this is a major update of the #SoilTemp initiative which has just metamorphosed into the beautiful #MEB network for #microclimate #ecology & #biogeography #network
The #SoilTemp initiative 🐛 turns to #MEB network 🦋
⬇️ Check it out ⬇️
The #SoilTemp initiative 🐛 turns to #MEB network 🦋
⬇️ Check it out ⬇️
New research shows Gila monsters may lose critical habitat as the climate warms — and their limited movement ability could stop them from reaching new areas. Great write-up in @ScienceNews. Read the full paper by Hromada et al. (2025) in Ecology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
April 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
New research shows Gila monsters may lose critical habitat as the climate warms — and their limited movement ability could stop them from reaching new areas. Great write-up in @ScienceNews. Read the full paper by Hromada et al. (2025) in Ecology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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The late Eric Pianka made thousands of observations of desert lizard body temperature and activity. We used them to test biophysical models of their cost of living and projected the models to past and future climates in Africa and Australia #unimelb #ARC @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Climate change and the cost-of-living squeeze in desert lizards
Climate warming can induce a cost-of-living “squeeze” in ectotherms by increasing energetic expenditures while reducing foraging gains. We used biophysical models (validated by 2685 field observations...
www.science.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The late Eric Pianka made thousands of observations of desert lizard body temperature and activity. We used them to test biophysical models of their cost of living and projected the models to past and future climates in Africa and Australia #unimelb #ARC @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...