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

By A. Gunderson, J. Stillman. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2015

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Thermal Plasticity in Insects’ Response to Climate Change and to Multifactorial Environments (2020, background): “Wet-season form butterflies have a fast pace of life (Brakefield et al., 2009; Halali et al., 2020) and display wings with conspicuous marginal eyespots believed to deflect the attack of predators away from the more fragile body (Lyytinen et al., 2004; Olofsson et al., 2010; Prudic et al., 2015).”
Testing the climate variability hypothesis in thermal tolerance limits of tropical and temperate tadpoles (2016, background): “Given the conservatism of thermal limits, especially upper tolerance (Hoffmann et al., 2012), and the low overall plasticity potential of ectotherms (Gunderson & Stillman, 2015), it seems unlikely that amphibians may mitigate climatic changes relying solely on thermal adaptation of critical thermal…”
Limited scope for plasticity to increase upper thermal limits (2016, methodology): “Once again, empirical support for this theory is equivocal (Hoffmann & Watson 1993; Calosi et al. 2010; Mitchell, Sgr o & Hoffmann 2011; Overgaard et al. 2011; van Heer- waarden et al. 2014; Gunderson & Stillman 2015).”
Terrestrial insects and climate change: adaptive responses in key traits (2019, background): “Evidence from interspecific studies suggest that plastic responses in upper thermal limits are generally small and may not be adequate to keep up with warming (Gunderson & Stillman, 2015; Kellermann & Sgro, 2018).”