Synopsis Variable environmental conditions can alter the phenotype of offspring, particularly in ectothermic species such as reptiles. Despite this, the majority of studies on development in reptiles have been carried out under constant conditions in the laboratory, raising the question of just how applicable those investigations are to natural conditions? Here, we first review what we have learned from these constant-temperature studies. Second, we examine the importance of temperature fluctuations for development in reptiles and highlight the outcomes of studies conducted under fluctu-ating conditions. Next, we report our findings from a new study that examines how the frequency of fluctuations in temperature experienced during developmen...
There is a great mass of information available concerning temperature as an ecological factor, but i...
Populations at the climatic margins of a species’ distribution can be exposed to conditions that cau...
Environmental temperature is a key driver of variation in developmental physiological rates in repti...
During the vulnerable stages of early life, most ectothermic animals experience hourly and diel fluc...
The environment during incubation can have significant influence upon phenotype of reptile hatchling...
Early environments can profoundly influence an organism in ways that persist over its life. In repti...
It is now undisputable that incubation temperature induces different phenotypes (sex, body size, bod...
Incubation temperature influences hatchling phenotypes such as sex, size, shape, color, behavior, an...
Recent climate change has re-invigorated scientific interest in the dynamics of geographic distribut...
Recent climate change has re-invigorated scientific interest in the dynamics of geographic distribut...
Increases in phenotypic variation under extreme (e.g. novel or stressful) environmental conditions a...
Early life environments shape phenotypic development in important ways that can lead to longlasting ...
As climates warm, populations of species will be faced with novel climatic environments, to which th...
Abstract.—Recent climate change has re-invigorated scientific interest in the dynamics of geographic...
Reptiles are important model systems for examining the effect of temperature during development on t...
There is a great mass of information available concerning temperature as an ecological factor, but i...
Populations at the climatic margins of a species’ distribution can be exposed to conditions that cau...
Environmental temperature is a key driver of variation in developmental physiological rates in repti...
During the vulnerable stages of early life, most ectothermic animals experience hourly and diel fluc...
The environment during incubation can have significant influence upon phenotype of reptile hatchling...
Early environments can profoundly influence an organism in ways that persist over its life. In repti...
It is now undisputable that incubation temperature induces different phenotypes (sex, body size, bod...
Incubation temperature influences hatchling phenotypes such as sex, size, shape, color, behavior, an...
Recent climate change has re-invigorated scientific interest in the dynamics of geographic distribut...
Recent climate change has re-invigorated scientific interest in the dynamics of geographic distribut...
Increases in phenotypic variation under extreme (e.g. novel or stressful) environmental conditions a...
Early life environments shape phenotypic development in important ways that can lead to longlasting ...
As climates warm, populations of species will be faced with novel climatic environments, to which th...
Abstract.—Recent climate change has re-invigorated scientific interest in the dynamics of geographic...
Reptiles are important model systems for examining the effect of temperature during development on t...
There is a great mass of information available concerning temperature as an ecological factor, but i...
Populations at the climatic margins of a species’ distribution can be exposed to conditions that cau...
Environmental temperature is a key driver of variation in developmental physiological rates in repti...