Climatic niche differences among Zootoca vivipara clades with different parity modes: implications for the evolution and maintenance of viviparity

Parity mode (oviparity/viviparity) importantly affects the ecology, morphology, physiology, biogeography and evolution of organisms. The main hypotheses explaining the evolution and maintenance of viviparity are based on bioclimatic predictions and also state that the benefits of viviparity arise du...

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Published in:Frontiers in zoology 2021-06, Vol.18 (1), p.1-32, Article 32
Main Authors: Horreo, J. L, Jiménez-Valverde, A, Fitze, P. S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal reproduction
Bioclimatology
Biogeography
Climate
Climate change
Cold climate hypothesis
Ecological niche
Eggs
Environmental aspects
Environmental conditions
Evolution
Females
Hypotheses
Lizards
Maternal manipulation hypothesis
Mothers
Natural history
Niche (Ecology)
Oviparity
Parity
Parity mode evolution
Physiological aspects
Precipitation
Seasonal variations
Variables
Viviparity
Zoological research
Zootoca vivipara
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Summary:Parity mode (oviparity/viviparity) importantly affects the ecology, morphology, physiology, biogeography and evolution of organisms. The main hypotheses explaining the evolution and maintenance of viviparity are based on bioclimatic predictions and also state that the benefits of viviparity arise during the reproductive period. We identify the main climatic variables discriminating between viviparous and oviparous Eurasian common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) occurrence records during the reproductive period and over the entire year.
ISSN:1742-9994
1742-9994
DOI:10.1186/s12983-021-00403-2