The thermal ecology and physiology of reptiles and amphibians: A user's guide

EN Taylor, LM Diele‐Viegas… - … Zoology Part A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the thermal ecology and physiology of free‐living organisms is accelerating as
scientists and managers recognize the urgency of the global biodiversity crisis brought on by …

A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways

HE Chmura, CT Williams - Hormones and Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
The regulation of seasonality has been an area of interest for decades, yet global climate
change has created extra urgency in the quest to understand how sensory circuits and …

Mother knows best: nest-site choice homogenizes embryo thermal environments among populations in a widespread ectotherm

BL Bodensteiner, JB Iverson… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species with large geographical ranges provide an excellent model for studying how
different populations respond to dissimilar local conditions, particularly with respect to …

Subtle individual variation in indeterminate growth leads to major variation in survival and lifetime reproductive output in a long‐lived reptile

DP Armstrong, MG Keevil, N Rollinson… - Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The consequences of individual variation in life‐history traits have been well studied due to
their importance in evolutionary ecology. However, a trait that has received little empirical …

Anthropogenic nest sites provide warmer incubation environments than natural nest sites in a population of oviparous reptiles near their northern range limit

EA Francis, PD Moldowan, MA Greischar, N Rollinson - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Oviposition site choice affects a host of offspring phenotypes and directly impacts maternal
fitness. Recent evidence suggests that oviparous reptiles often select nest sites where the …

Climate change affects the early‐life history of a freshwater turtle in a severely drying region

A Santoro, JM Chambers, B Ebner, SJ Beatty - Austral Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater turtles are one of the most threatened vertebrate groups. Climate change is a
major threat to these species, with impacts affecting all life‐history stages. There is currently …

Nesting in close quarters: causes and benefits of high-density nesting behaviour in Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)

SJ Kell, N Rollinson, RJ Brooks… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many oviparous reptiles nest in aggregations and with temporal synchrony. We
hypothesized that these traits reflect attraction by conspecifics rather than limiting suitable …

High‐elevation hypoxia impacts perinatal physiology and performance in a potential montane colonizer

J Souchet, EJ Gangloff, G Micheli, C Bossu… - Integrative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is generating range shifts in many organisms, notably along the elevational
gradient in mountainous environments. However, moving up in elevation exposes …

Climate effects on nesting phenology in Nebraska turtles

AR Hedrick, DU Greene, EL Lewis… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A frequent response of organisms to climate change is altering the timing of reproduction,
and advancement of reproductive timing has been a common reaction to warming …

Degrees of change: between and within population variation in thermal reaction norms of phenology in a viviparous lizard

GD Cunningham, GM While, M Olsson, G Ljungström… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As the earth warms, populations will be faced with novel environments to which they may not
be adapted. In the short term, populations can be buffered against the negative effects, or …