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@article{le_galliard_climate_2025,

title = {Climate warming and temporal variation in reproductive strategies in the endangered meadow viper},

author = {Jean-François Le Galliard and Malo Jaffré and Thomas Tully and Jean-Pierre Baron},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05645-5},

doi = {10.1007/s00442-024-05645-5},

issn = {1432-1939},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

urldate = {2025-02-28},

journal = {Oecologia},

volume = {207},

number = {1},

pages = {12},

abstract = {Anthropogenic climate change poses a significant threat to species on the brink of extinction. Many non-avian reptiles are endangered, but uncovering their vulnerability to climate warming is challenging, because this requires analyzing the climate sensitivity of different life stages and modeling population growth rates. Such efforts are currently hampered by a lack of long-term life-history data. In this study, we used over 3 decades of mark-recapture data from a natural population of the endangered meadow viper (Vipera ursinii ursinii) to unravel the patterns of temporal variation in reproductive traits, the local climatic determinants of inter-annual variation in reproduction, and the potential buffering effects of life cycle on population growth rate. We found significant inter-annual variation in body growth, gestation length, post-parturition body condition, clutch success, and offspring traits at birth, while reproductive effort showed little temporal variation. Temperature during gestation was the most critical factor, reducing gestation length and increasing both clutch success and post-parturition body condition. In contrast, neither air humidity nor global radiation affected reproductive outcomes. This population had a negative growth rate with minimal temporal variation, indicating a rapid decline largely independent of climatic conditions. Overall, the viper’s life-history traits appeared to be buffered against temporal variation in climatic conditions, with this declining population potentially benefiting on the short term from rising local temperatures.},

keywords = {body growth, Gestation, Rainfall, reproduction, temperature},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{brusch_reproducing_2023,

title = {Reproducing in a changing world: combined effects of thermal conditions by day and night and of water constraints during pregnancy in a cold‐adapted ectotherm},

author = {George A. Brusch and Jean‐François Le Galliard and Robin Viton and Rodrigo S. B. Gavira and Jean Clobert and Olivier Lourdais},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/oik.09536},

doi = {10.1111/oik.09536},

issn = {0030-1299, 1600-0706},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-03-01},

urldate = {2023-07-18},

journal = {Oikos},

volume = {2023},

number = {3},

keywords = {climate change, pregnancy, temperature},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{dezetter_additive_2021,

title = {Additive effects of developmental acclimation and physiological syndromes on lifetime metabolic and water loss rates of a dry-skinned ectotherm},

author = {Mathias Dezetter and Andréaz Dupoué and Jean François Le Galliard and Olivier Lourdais},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13951},

doi = {10.1111/1365-2435.13951},

issn = {1365-2435},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-02-01},

journal = {Functional Ecology},

volume = {36},

issue = {2},

pages = {432-445},

abstract = {Developmental plasticity and thermal acclimation can contribute to adaptive responses to climate change by altering functional traits related to energy and water balance regulation. How plasticity interacts with physiological syndromes through lifetime in long-lived species is currently unknown. Here, we examined the impacts of long term thermal acclimation in a long-lived temperate ectotherm (Vipera aspis) and its potential flexibility at adulthood for two related functional traits: standard metabolic rate (SMR) and total evaporative water loss (TEWL). We used climatic chambers to simulate three contrasted daily thermal cycles (warm, medium and cold) differing in mean temperatures (28, 24, and 20°C respectively) and amplitudes (5, 10 and 13°C respectively) during immature life (0 to 4 years of age). Individuals were then maintained under common garden conditions (medium cycle) for an additional 3-years period (4 to 7 years of age). SMR and TEWL were repeatedly measured in the same individuals throughout life during and after the climate manipulation. Individuals reduced their SMR (negative compensation) when experiencing the warm cycle but flexibly adjusted their SMR to common garden conditions at adulthood. In addition, thermal conditions during the juvenile life stage led to changes in TEWL persisting until adulthood. We further found consistent intra-individual variation for SMR and TEWL and a positive intra-individual and inter-individual covariation between them throughout life. Thus, plastic responses were combined with a physiological syndrome linking SMR and TEWL. Our study demonstrates the capacity of long-lived organisms to flexibly shift their SMR to reduce daily maintenance costs in warmer and less variable thermal environments, which might be beneficial for low energy specialist organisms such as vipers. It further suggests that thermal conditions provide cues for developmental changes in TEWL. Beside plasticity, contrasted individual physiological syndromes could be selected for and contribute to the response to climate change.},

note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2435.13951},

keywords = {metabolism, physiology, plasticity, temperature, water loss},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{dupoue_water_2020,

title = {Water availability and temperature induce changes in oxidative status during pregnancy in a viviparous lizard},

author = {Andréaz Dupoué and Pauline Blaimont and David Rozen‐Rechels and Murielle Richard and Sandrine Meylan and Jean Clobert and Donald B Miles and Rémi Martin and Beatriz Decencière and Simon Agostini and Jean‐François Le Galliard},

editor = {David Costantini},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13481},

doi = {10.1111/1365-2435.13481},

issn = {0269-8463, 1365-2435},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-02-01},

urldate = {2020-02-11},

journal = {Functional Ecology},

volume = {34},

number = {2},

pages = {475-485},

keywords = {antioxidant capacity, ectotherms, oxidative stress, performance, temperature},

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}

}