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@article{bodineau_multi-trait_2025,

title = {A multi-trait evaluation of patterns and fitness consequences of breeding phenology plasticity with nocturnal warming and food restriction in a lizard},

author = {Théo Bodineau and Pierre Villemereuil and Baptiste Lemaire and Simon Agostini and Beatriz Decencière and Matéo Millet and Sandrine Meylan and Jean-François Le Galliard},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.70030},

doi = {10.1111/1365-2435.70030},

issn = {1365-2435},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

urldate = {2025-03-20},

journal = {Functional Ecology},

volume = {n/a},

number = {n/a},

abstract = {Faced with climate warming, ectothermic species shift their breeding phenology, which is in part attributed to an acceleration of gestation or incubation in warmer environments. Thermal acceleration of gestation may have important fitness implications for breeding females and their offspring by impacting maternal homeostasis, embryonic development and hatching date, but these benefits and costs have been poorly documented. In addition, while climate change is characterised by a stronger trend for night-time than for daytime warming and concurrent alterations of food availability, few studies have quantified phenology-trait effects of increasing nocturnal temperatures and decreasing food intake. Here, we exposed female common lizards (Zootoca vivipara) to contrasted nocturnal temperatures and prey availability during gestation. We investigated multiple traits to quantify the functional impacts of nocturnal warming and food availability on breeding phenology, maternal condition, physiology and behaviour, current reproductive output and both females and offspring life-history traits. Nocturnal warming advanced parturition dates, but food restriction further accelerated gestation and females' muscle catabolism under moderate nocturnal warming. Nocturnal warming and food restriction during gestation had negative effects on reproductive output and increased physiological imbalances in breeding females. Hot nocturnal temperatures down-regulated basal corticosterone levels and immunocompetence, while food restriction reduced the antioxidant capacity of females. The thermal acceleration of gestation induced by nocturnal warming had positive effects on offspring life-history traits related to fitness, such as endurance at birth and body growth during the first few months of life. By analysing multiple traits, our study provides an integrated understanding of the intra- and intergenerational effects of nocturnal warming and resource availability during gestation in a viviparous ectotherm. Our results underline the importance of considering nocturnal warming and resource availability as factors causing increased physiological imbalances and negative effects on ectotherm reproduction. They also show the need to consider the benefits and costs of phenological advances for breeding females and their offspring in order to improve our understanding of the consequences of phenological changes in the context of climate change. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.},

note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70030},

keywords = {ectotherm, food availability, nocturnal temperatures, performance, phenology, plasticity, reproductive costs, trade-off},

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}

}