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.

Contributions by: Doris Abele, Marilyn Ball, Annick Bertrand, Michael Castellini, Steve Chown, Rita R Colwell, Rick Cunjak, Jack Duman, Craig L Frank, Denis Gaudet, David Hik, Oystein Johnsen, Yakio Kawamura, Klára Kosová, André Laroche, Tommi Linnansaari, Rachael Morgan-Kiss, Jorunn Olsen, Jiwan Palta, Steven Penfield, Tom Prásil, Harvey Quamme, Richard Rivkin, Anne Marte Tronsmo, Matsuo Uemura