Climate change is happening due to natural factors and human activities. It expressively
alters biodiversity, agricultural production, and food security. Mainly, narrowly adapted and …

Egg size is a widely-studied trait and yet the causes and consequences of variation in this
trait remain poorly understood. Egg size varies greatly within many avian species, with the …

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

The Turtles of Mexico is the first comprehensive guide to the biology, ecology, evolution, and
distribution of more than fifty freshwater and terrestrial turtle taxa found in Mexico. Legler and …

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 …

Life‐history evolution in short‐lived organisms has been investigated extensively, but little is
known empirically about the causes of the different life‐history strategies of long‐lived …

A review of published data suggests that turtles (Order Testudines) resemble other
previously studied vertebrate and invertebrate groups in terms of the relationships among …

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

Nest selection has important consequences for fitness in freshwater turtles, as nest
predation is extremely high in most populations. However, nest predation has rarely been …