Oviposition-site choice is a major maternal effect by which females can affect the survival
and phenotype of their offspring. Across oviparous species, the ultimate reasons for females' …

Conclusions and Summary Environmental sex determination (ESD) is a system of sexual
determination that is influenced by a variable environment. Once sex is determined it is then …

Nest site selection in reptiles can affect the fitness of the parents through the survival of their
offspring because environmental factors influence embryo survivorship, hatchling quality …

Nest‐site selection behavior is a maternal effect that contributes to offspring survival and
variation in offspring phenotypes that are subject to natural selection. We investigated nest …

Biostatistics channels ecologists into thinking primarily about the mean and variance of a
probability distribution. But many problems of biological interest concern the extremes in a …

Mothers may be able to manipulate the phenotypes of their progeny not only via direct
pathways (eg, allocation of nutrients and energy), but also indirectly, by inducing particular …

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

I monitored natural nests of an Illinois population of the western painted turtle (Chrysemys
picta bellii), a species with temperature—dependent sex determination, for 4 yr to investigate …

It is known that turtle embryos are prone to high rates of predation; however, little is known
about microhabitat variation at the nest site and its effects on turtle embryo survival …

For 38 of the past 50 years, Painted Turtles were studied on the University of Michigan's ES
George Reserve in southeastern Michigan. We compared age specific body sizes …