List of contributors; Preface; 1. Adaptation of biological membranes to
temperature: biophysical perspectives and molecular mechanisms A. Y.
Gracey, J. Logue, P. E. Tiku and A. R. Cossins; 2. Temperature adaptation:
molecular aspects G. Di Prisco and B. Giardina; 3. Stenotherms and
eurytherms: mechanisms establishing thermal optima and tolerance ranges G.
N. Somero, E. Dahlhoff and J. J. Lin; 4. Ecological and evolutionary
physiology of stress proteins and the stress response: the Drosophila
melanogaster model M. E. Feder; 5. Temperature adaptation and genetic
polymorphism in aquatic animals A. J. S. Hawkins; 6. Phenotypic plasticity
and evolutionary adaptations of mitochondria to temperature H. E. Guderley
and J. St Pierre; 7. Temperature and ontogeny in ectotherms: muscle
phenotype in fish I. A. Johnston, V. L. A. Vieira and J. Hill; 8. Ectotherm
life-history responses to developmental temperature D. Atkinson; 9. Testing
evolutionary hypotheses of acclimation R. B. Huey and D. Berrigan; 10.
Experimental investigations of evolutionary adaptation to temperature J. A.
Mongold, A. F. Bennett and R. E. Lenski; 11. Thermal evolution of ectotherm
body size: why get big in the cold? L. Partridge and V. French; 12.
Physiological correlates of daily torpor in hummingbirds J. E. P. W.
Bicudo; 13. Development of thermoregulation in birds: physiology,
interspecific variation and adaptation to climate Z. A. Eppley; 14.
Evolution of endothermy in mammals, birds and their ancestors J. Ruben; 15.
The influence of climate change on the distribution and evolution of
organisms A. Clarke; Index.
