Temperature-dependent sex determination and contemporary climate change

NJ Mitchell, FJ Janzen - Sexual Development, 2010‏ - karger.com
Whether species that have persisted throughout historic climatic upheavals will survive
contemporary climate change will depend on their ecological and physiological traits, their …

Migration in amphibians and reptiles: an overview of patterns and orientation mechanisms in relation to life history strategies

AP Russell, AM Bauer, MK Johnson - Migration of organisms: Climate …, 2005‏ - Springer
Differences in integumentary permeability dictate alternative life history strategies in
amphibians and reptiles. Limiting resources for amphibians are chiefly associated with …

Body size and age in amphibians and reptiles

TR Halliday, PA Verrell - Journal of herpetology, 1988‏ - JSTOR
We question the widespread assumption that body size and age are strongly correlated in
adult amphibians and reptiles. Data for the smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris) suggest that …

The use of habitat mosaics by terrestrial vertebrate fauna: implications for conservation and management

BS Law, CR Dickman - Biodiversity & Conservation, 1998‏ - Springer
Many species of vertebrates require multiple habitats to obtain different resources at different
stages of their life-cycles. Use of habitat mosaics takes place on a variety of spatial and …

Trade-offs between growth and mortality and the maintenance of individual variation in growth

M Mangel, J Stamps - Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2001‏ - evolutionary-ecology.com
Trade-offs between growth and mortality can occur for a variety of reasons. These include
foraging and predation risk, growth and mature function, growth and somatic development …

Thermal sensitivity of growth rate in hatchling Sceloporus lizards: environmental, behavioral and genetic aspects

B Sinervo, SC Adolph - Oecologia, 1989‏ - Springer
To investigate the physiological, behavioral, and genetic contributions to growth rate, we
studied the thermal sensitivity of growth rate in hatchlings of the iguanid lizards Sceloporus …

The relationship between ontogenetic habitat shifts, competition and predator avoidance in a juvenile lizard (Anolis aeneus)

JA Stamps - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1983‏ - Springer
Juvenile Anolis aeneus lizards tend to hatch in shady areas, migrate to clearings after
hatching, migrate out of clearings when they reach subadult sizes, and remain in shady …

[كتاب][B] Ecophysiology of desert reptiles

SD Bradshaw, SD Bradshaw - 1986‏ - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Ecophysiology of Desert Reptiles Page 1 Ecophysiology of Desert Reptiles SD
BRADSHAW Department of Zoology University of Western Australia Perth, Western …

The evolution of demographic tactics in lizards: a test of some hypotheses concerning life history evolution

J Clobert, T Garland Jr, R Barbault - Journal of Evolutionary …, 1998‏ - academic.oup.com
We analyze, with an augmented data base, patterns of covariation of the three primary
demographic parameters (age at maturity, fecundity, adult survival, all measured in the same …

The potential impacts of ocean acidification: scaling from physiology to fisheries

WJF Le Quesne, JK Pinnegar - Fish and Fisheries, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Views expressed on the potential impact of ocean acidification range from wholesale
degradation of marine ecosystems through to no discernable impact with minimal …