Thermoregulatory and Physiological Adaptations of Reptiles and Amphibians to Changing Environments

Dear Colleagues,

In the context of ongoing climate change that becomes effective at global, regional, and local levels, understanding animals’ adjustments to environmental fluctuations is of high importance. In all of this work, amphibians and reptiles, as ectotherms that rely on their ambient environmental temperature to regulate most aspects of their biology, have been important model organisms to address questions related to climate change effects. With this Special Issue, we aspire to present novel findings in the field of ectotherms’ thermoregulation, physiological performance, and ecology in relation to how species respond to environmental changes and how the different environmental conditions affect species biology. We warmly invite contributions from biologists, physiologists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists aiming at understanding the adaptive and non-adaptive responses of reptiles and amphibians to environmental shifts. Submissions exploring these effects in vivo and in vitro are particularly encouraged.

Dr. Kostas Sagonas
Guest Editor

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• thermal biology
• metabolism
• adaptation
• climate change
• ecology
• evolution