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Embryo development and global change: how do reptile embryos respond to ecologically relevant thermal stress?


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dc.contributorJoshua Hall, jmh0131@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorHall, Joshua M
dc.creatorWarner, Daniel A
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-15T14:07:43Z
dc.date.available2019-09-15T14:07:43Z
dc.date.created2018-11-16
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/49597
dc.description.abstractTwo components of global change, climate change and urbanization, contribute to increased ambient temperatures that cause heat stress or mortality in animals. Many animals can respond to harmful temperatures behaviorally; however, embryos of ectotherms which develop inside eggs in the ground and receive little or no parental care cannot respond this way. This early life stage is more vulnerable to harmful temperatures, yet, the effects of ecologically relevant thermal stress on these embryos has received little attention. We measured ground temperatures in an urban landscape where lizards (Anolis sagrei and Anolis cristatellus) nest and exposed eggs to extreme nest temperatures in the lab. We determined the critical thermal maximum for embryos of each species and assessed how thermal tolerance might change through development. Our results show that the thermal tolerance of reptile embryos can differ widely among closely related species, and thermal tolerance can change through development.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.format.extent65 pagesen_US
dc.relation.ispartof2018 Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Scienceen_US
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0en_US
dc.titleEmbryo development and global change: how do reptile embryos respond to ecologically relevant thermal stress?en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genrePresentation, Paper Presentationen_US
dc.description.peerreviewNoen_US
dc.locationClarksville, Tennesseeen_US
dc.creator.orcidhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-3402en_US

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