Evidence has accumulated in recent decades on the drastic impact of climate change on
biodiversity. Warming temperatures have induced changes in species physiology …

Background Environmental variation associated with season length is likely to promote
differentiation in life-history traits, but has been little studied in natural populations of …

The evolution of body size within and among species is predicted to be influenced by
multifarious environmental factors. However, the specific drivers of body size variation have …

Species distributed across climatic gradients will typically experience spatial variation in
selection, but gene flow can prevent such selection from causing population genetic …

Longevity and age at maturity are key life-history traits, directly linked to fitness attributes
such as survival and reproductive output. It has been proposed that these traits are strongly …

Live-bearing reproduction (viviparity) has evolved from egg-laying (oviparity) independently
many times and most abundantly in squamate reptiles. Studying life-history trade-offs …

Species with wide distribution, generally show variations in life history characteristics, which
can be attributed to environmental causes. In this study, we analyzed the reproductive cycle …

In the past decades, nocturnal temperatures have been playing a disproportionate role in
the global warming of the planet. Yet, they remain a neglected factor in studies assessing …

Aim Climatic variation has long been regarded as a primary source of morphological
variation. However, there is mixed support for the adherence of reptiles to ecogeographical …

Ecogeographical patterns describe predictable variation in phenotypic traits between
ecological communities. For example, high-altitude animals are expected to show elevated …