Developmental temperatures and phenotypic plasticity in reptiles: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

DWA Noble, V Stenhouse, LE Schwanz - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Early environments can profoundly influence an organism in ways that persist over its life. In
reptiles, early thermal environments (nest temperatures) can impact offspring phenotype and …

The behavioural and physiological strategies of bird and reptile embryos in response to unpredictable variation in nest temperature

WG Du, R Shine - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature profoundly affects the rate and trajectory of embryonic development, and
thermal extremes can be fatal. In viviparous species, maternal behaviour and physiology …

Thermoregulatory behaviour limits local adaptation of thermal niches and confers sensitivity to climate change

LB Buckley, JC Ehrenberger, MJ Angilletta - Functional Ecology, 2015 - JSTOR
1. Thermoregulation buffers environmental variation, which enables a species to persist
during climate change but ultimately hinders adaptation of thermal tolerance by weakening …

Rapid change in the thermal tolerance of a tropical lizard

M Leal, AR Gunderson - The American Naturalist, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
The predominant view is that the thermal physiology of tropical ectotherms, including lizards,
is not labile over ecological timescales. We used the recent introduction (∼ 35 years ago) of …

Thermal spikes from the urban heat island increase mortality and alter physiology of lizard embryos

JM Hall, DA Warner - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Effects of global change (ie urbanization, climate change) on adult organisms are readily
used to predict the persistence of populations. However, effects on embryo survival and …

Adaptive responses of the embryos of birds and reptiles to spatial and temporal variations in nest temperatures

WG Du, R Shine, L Ma, BJ Sun - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Natural nests of egg-laying birds and reptiles exhibit substantial thermal variation, at a range
of spatial and temporal scales. Rates and trajectories of embryonic development are highly …

Heat tolerance during embryonic development has not diverged among populations of a widespread species (Sceloporus undulatus)

MJ Angilletta Jr, MH Zelic, GJ Adrian… - Conservation …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The frequency and magnitude of heat waves have increased in recent decades, imposing
additional stresses on organisms in extreme environments. Most reptilian embryos are …

Thermal variability during ectotherm egg incubation: a synthesis and framework

MD Massey, JA Hutchings - Journal of Experimental Zoology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural populations of ectothermic oviparous vertebrates typically experience thermal
variability in their incubation environment. Yet an overwhelming number of laboratory …

Variation in thermal traits describing sex determination and development in Western Australian sea turtle populations

BP Bentley, JL Stubbs, SD Whiting… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Both the development rate and sex of sea turtle embryos depend on incubation temperature,
as all species of sea turtle are ectotherms and show temperature‐dependent sex …

Cold climate specialization: adaptive covariation between metabolic rate and thermoregulation in pregnant vipers

O Lourdais, M Guillon, D DeNardo… - Physiology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
We compared thermoregulatory strategies during pregnancy in two congeneric viperid
snakes (Vipera berus and Vipera aspis) with parapatric geographic ranges. V. berus is a …