Marine turtles are generally viewed as vulnerable to climate change because of the role that
temperature plays in the sex determination of embryos, their long life history, long age-to …

Ephemeral resource patches (ERPs)–short lived resources including dung, carrion,
temporary pools, rotting vegetation, decaying wood, and fungi–are found throughout every …

Aim Viviparity has evolved more times in squamates than in any other vertebrate group;
therefore, squamates offer an excellent model system in which to study the patterns, drivers …

Body size at metamorphosis is a key trait in species (such as many anurans) with biphasic
life-histories. Experimental studies have shown that metamorph size is highly plastic …

Organisms in a seasonal environment often schedule activities in a regular way over the
year. If we assume that such annual routines have been shaped by natural selection then …

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 5: Mammals is the fifth of five second-
edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated overview of hormones and …

Aim As anuran reproduction is generally linked to the availability of water, frogs and toads
are particularly sensitive to climate. We tested the effect of climate on anuran reproductive …

Iteroparity is an adaptive response to uncertainty in reproductive success. However,
spreading reproductive success over multiple reproduction events during a lifetime is …

Limited resources in the environment prevent individuals from simultaneously maximizing all
life-history traits, resulting in trade-offs. In particular, the cost of reproduction is well known to …

The sheer beauty and impressiveness of animal migrations have long puzzled observers
and raised the questions of how these animals find their way, what initiates their migrations …