Species with large geographical ranges provide an excellent model for studying how
different populations respond to dissimilar local conditions, particularly with respect to …

Climate warming is forecasted to cause extinctions, but populations could theoretically avoid
extinction in a rapidly changing environment via adaptive evolution (ie, evolutionary rescue) …

Highlights•Female painted turtles choose specific microclimates for nesting.•Mothers choose
sites that are relatively open and warm to lay their eggs.•Warm and open nest sites convey a …

Evolutionary thermal adaptation is increasingly being elucidated in a variety of systems.
However, one of the most striking examples, temperature-dependent sex determination …

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 …

The effect of climate warming on the reproductive success of ectothermic animals is currently
a subject of major conservation concern. However, for many threatened species, we still …

Nesting behaviour is critical for reproductive success in oviparous organisms with no
parental care. In organisms where sex is determined by incubation temperature, nesting …

1. Laboratory experiments have documented substantial temperature effects on the
physiological ecology of reptilian eggs, embryos and offspring. However, functional links …

Evolutionary theory predicts that when phenotypic variation arises during development that
differently influences the fitness of each sex, selection should favor the maternal ability to …

Taxa with large geographic distributions generally encompass diverse macroclimatic
conditions, potentially requiring local adaptation and/or phenotypic plasticity to match their …