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@article{rutschmann_intense_2021,

title = {Intense nocturnal warming alters growth strategies, coloration, and parasite load in a diurnal lizard},

author = {Alexis Rutschmann and Andréaz Dupoué and Donald B. Miles and Megía R. Palma and C Lauden and Murielle Richard and Arnaud Badiane and David Rozen‐Rechels and Mathieu Brevet and Pauline Blaimont and Sandrine Meylan and Jean Clobert and Jean-François Le Galliard},

url = {https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2656.13502},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13502},

issn = {1365-2656},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

urldate = {2021-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Animal Ecology},

volume = {90},

number = {8},

pages = {1864-1877},

abstract = {1. In the past decades, nocturnal temperatures have been playing a disproportionate role in the global warming of the planet. Yet, they remain a neglected factor in studies assessing the impact of global warming on natural populations. 2. Here, we question whether an intense augmentation of nocturnal temperatures is beneficial or deleterious to ectotherms. Physiological performance is influenced by thermal conditions in ectotherms and an increase in temperature by only 2°C is sufficient to induce a disproportionate increase in metabolic expenditure. Warmer nights may expand ectotherms’ species thermal niche and open new opportunities for prolonged activities and improve foraging efficiency. However, increased activity may also have deleterious effects on energy balance if exposure to warmer nights reduces resting periods and elevates resting metabolic rate. 3. We assessed whether warmer nights affected an individual’s growth, dorsal skin colouration, thermoregulation behaviour, oxidative stress status and parasite load by exposing yearling common lizards (Zootoca vivipara) from four populations to either ambient or high nocturnal temperatures for approximately five weeks. 4. Warmer nocturnal temperatures increased the prevalence of ectoparasitic infestation and altered allocation of resources toward structural growth rather than storage. We found no change in markers for oxidative stress. The thermal treatment did not influence thermal preferences, but influenced dorsal skin brightness and luminance, in line with a predicted acclimation response in colder environments to enhance heat gain from solar radiation. 5. Altogether, our results highlight the importance of considering nocturnal warming as an independent factor affecting ectotherms life-history in the context of global climate change.},

keywords = {ectotherms, energetic balance, nocturnal temperatures, oxidative stress},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{josserand_chronic_2020,

title = {Chronic elevation of glucorticoids late in life generates long lasting changes in physiological state without a life history switch},

author = {Rémy Josserand and Claudy Haussy and Simon Agostini and Beatriz Decencière and Jean-François Le Galliard and Sandrine Meylan},

url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648019300929},

doi = {10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113288},

issn = {0016-6480},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

urldate = {2019-09-26},

journal = {General and Comparative Endocrinology},

volume = {285},

pages = {113288},

abstract = {Chronic stressors have profound impacts on phenotypes and life history strategies on the short term, but delayed effects of stress experienced late in life remain poorly investigated in wild populations. Here, we used a combined laboratory and field experiment to test if chronic stress late in life has immediate and delayed effects on physiological and demographic traits in the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara. We increased plasma corticosterone levels in adults and yearlings during three weeks of the post-reproductive season. We quantified immediate responses in the laboratory, delayed intra-generational effects in field enclosures one month and one year later during the next reproductive season, and delayed inter-generational effects in the first generation of offspring. Our phenotypic assays included metabolism, immune capacities, lipid metabolism and oxidative stress. Relative to placebos, lizards treated with corticosterone had higher body condition and lower oxidative damages but an increased skin swelling response directly after the manipulation. Delayed responses in field enclosures were of three types. First, we found catch-up growth for body mass such the placebos had similar body conditions one month after the laboratory manipulation. Second, we found persistent differences in oxidative damages during one month but not one year later. Third, during the next reproductive season, corticosterone-treated females had higher levels of plasma triglycerides, whereas corticosterone-treated individuals had a higher skin swelling response. We found no delayed inter-generational effects on demographic traits of offspring. Our study demonstrates the potential for long-lasting physiological consequences of chronic corticosterone enhancement despite no obvious changes in life history.},

keywords = {immunity, maternal effect, metabolism, oxidative stress, stress, triglycerides},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Bruschjeb228064,

title = {Additive effects of temperature and water availability on pregnancy in a viviparous lizard},

author = {George A Brusch and Rodrigo S B Gavira and Robin Viton and Andréaz Dupoué and Mathieu Leroux-Coyau and Sandrine Meylan and Jean-Fran{c c}ois Le Galliard and Olivier Lourdais},

url = {https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/19/jeb228064},

doi = {10.1242/jeb.228064},

issn = {0022-0949},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Experimental Biology},

volume = {223},

number = {19},

publisher = {The Company of Biologists Ltd},

abstract = {One of the greatest current threats to biodiversity is climate change. However, understanding of organismal responses to fluctuations in temperature and water availability is currently lacking, especially during fundamental life-history stages such as reproduction. To further explore how temperature and water availability impact maternal physiology and reproductive output, we used the viviparous form of the European common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) in a two-by-two factorial design manipulating both hydric and thermal conditions, for the first time. We collected blood samples and morphological measurements during early pregnancy and post-parturition to investigate how water availability, temperature and a combination of the two influence maternal phenology, morphology, physiology and reproductive output. We observed that dehydration during gestation negatively affects maternal physiological condition (lower mass gain, higher tail reserve mobilization) but has little effect on reproductive output. These effects are mainly additive to temperature regimes, with a proportional increase in maternal costs in warmer environments. Our study demonstrates the importance of considering combined effects of water and temperature when investigating organismal responses to climate changes, especially during periods crucial for species survival such as reproduction.},

keywords = {antioxidant capacity, dehydration, oxidative stress, reproduction, temperature},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}