Temperature adaptation is a much neglected field in the minds of climate
change researchers and policy makers. However, increasing fluctuations
in temperature means that the risk of cold and heat stress will pose an
increasing threat to both wild and cultivated plants and animals, with
frost injury expected to cause devastating damage to crops on an
increasingly large scale. Improving shared knowledge of the biological
mechanisms of temperature adaptation in plants and animals will help
prevent major losses of crops and genetic resources in the future. This
book is the first to focus on the mechanistic similarities between
species in their responses to temperature in a multi-organism approach
that addresses the challenges and impacts of climate change on
temperature adaptation in micro-organisms (including pathogens),
invertebrates, economically and scientifically important plants and
vertebrates in both terrestrial and marine environments. The book
concludes with a focus on the interactions between organisms, exploring
common mechanisms in temperature adaptation.