The reduction of activity during pregnancy in live-bearing females of reptiles is mostly interpreted in the literature as a predator avoidance behaviour. We compared the daily behaviour in the absence of predators and the reaction to a threatening stimulus in gravid and post-gravid female Lacerta vivipara. Some results seem to indicate that thermoregulatory activity did not show a similar pattern in gravid and post-gravid females. As for the reaction to a threatening stimulus there were no differences between the two types of females. Although only indicative, these data are difficult to explain by the anti-predator hypothesis but could be better understood if the physiological requirements of the embryonic development were taken into accou...
Plastic responses to temperature during embryonic development are common in ectotherms, but their ev...
This thesis focuses on maternal contributions to offspring fitness in viviparous lizards. Although p...
Reproduction is an energetically costly activity that can alter thermal requirements in Squamata. Th...
Dans la littérature, la réduction d'activité pendant la gestation des femelles de reptiles vivipares...
Two hypotheses have prevailed to explain the evolution of viviparity in reptiles: the first proposed...
Incubation within appropriate thermal limits is important for the normal development of the reptilia...
The trade-offs between reproduction and survival or future reproduction represent the costs of repro...
International audiencePregnant squamate reptiles (i.e. lizards and snakes) often maintain higher and...
In some reptiles, gravid females bask more, and/or maintain higher body temperatures than do males o...
Phylogenetic transitions from oviparity to viviparity in reptiles generally have occurred in cold cl...
The evolution of matrotrophy (i.e., direct supply of nutrients by the mother during gestation) may b...
International audiencePredation is a strong selective pressure generating morphological, physiologic...
The evolution of matrotrophy (i.e., direct supply of nutrients by the mother during gestation) may b...
The simultaneous effects of selective agents acting on somatic growth rates, their interactions, and...
The intraspecific variation of preferred tempera-tures (Tp) was analysed in an oviparous population ...
Plastic responses to temperature during embryonic development are common in ectotherms, but their ev...
This thesis focuses on maternal contributions to offspring fitness in viviparous lizards. Although p...
Reproduction is an energetically costly activity that can alter thermal requirements in Squamata. Th...
Dans la littérature, la réduction d'activité pendant la gestation des femelles de reptiles vivipares...
Two hypotheses have prevailed to explain the evolution of viviparity in reptiles: the first proposed...
Incubation within appropriate thermal limits is important for the normal development of the reptilia...
The trade-offs between reproduction and survival or future reproduction represent the costs of repro...
International audiencePregnant squamate reptiles (i.e. lizards and snakes) often maintain higher and...
In some reptiles, gravid females bask more, and/or maintain higher body temperatures than do males o...
Phylogenetic transitions from oviparity to viviparity in reptiles generally have occurred in cold cl...
The evolution of matrotrophy (i.e., direct supply of nutrients by the mother during gestation) may b...
International audiencePredation is a strong selective pressure generating morphological, physiologic...
The evolution of matrotrophy (i.e., direct supply of nutrients by the mother during gestation) may b...
The simultaneous effects of selective agents acting on somatic growth rates, their interactions, and...
The intraspecific variation of preferred tempera-tures (Tp) was analysed in an oviparous population ...
Plastic responses to temperature during embryonic development are common in ectotherms, but their ev...
This thesis focuses on maternal contributions to offspring fitness in viviparous lizards. Although p...
Reproduction is an energetically costly activity that can alter thermal requirements in Squamata. Th...