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 …

Evolution of an evolutionary hypothesis: a history of changing ideas about the adaptive significance of viviparity in reptiles

R Shine - Journal of Herpetology, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Most reptiles are oviparous (egg-laying), but viviparity (live-bearing) has evolved about 100
times in lizards and snakes. Geographic biases in the distribution of viviparous species …

The maternal environment affects offspring viability via an indirect effect of yolk investment on offspring size

DA Warner, MB Lovern - Physiological and Biochemical …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Environmental conditions that reproductive females experience can influence patterns of
offspring provisioning and fitness. In particular, prey availability can influence maternal …

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 …

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species

AJ Caldwell, GM While, E Wapstra - Animal Behaviour, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•We tested plasticity in basking behaviour between and within snow skink
species.•Highland populations/species basked more overall than lowland …

Phenotypic and fitness consequences of maternal nest‐site choice across multiple early life stages

TS Mitchell, DA Warner, FJ Janzen - Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the relative contributions of genetic, maternal, and environmental factors to
phenotypic variation is critical for evaluating the evolutionary potential of fitness‐related …

Viviparity and placentation in lizards

JR Stewart, DG Blackburn - Reproductive biology and …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Viviparity (live-bearing reproduction) is a widespread reproductive pattern of considerable
biological significance and a subject of intensive ongoing investigation. Viviparity in …

Embryos of non-native anoles are robust to urban thermal environments

S Tiatragul, A Kurniawan, JJ Kolbe, DA Warner - Journal of thermal biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The transformation of natural habitats into urban landscapes dramatically alters thermal
environments, which in turn, can impact local biota. Ectothermic organisms that are …

Thermal acclimation of heart rates in reptilian embryos

WG Du, H Ye, B Zhao, DA Warner, R Shine - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
In many reptiles, the thermal regimes experienced by eggs in natural nests vary as a
function of ambient weather and location, and this variation has important impacts on …

Physiological state influences evaporative water loss and microclimate preference in the snake Vipera aspis

A Dupoué, ZR Stahlschmidt, B Michaud… - Physiology & Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
Animals typically respond to environmental variation by adjusting their physiology, behavior,
or both. Ectothermic animals are particularly sensitive to microclimatic conditions and …