Authors
Anna Zimin, Sean V Zimin, Richard Shine, Luciano Avila, Aaron Bauer, Monika Böhm, Rafe Brown, Goni Barki, Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano, Fernando Castro Herrera, David G Chapple, Laurent Chirio, Guarino R Colli, Tiffany M Doan, Frank Glaw, L Lee Grismer, Yuval Itescu, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Marcio Martins, Mariana Morando, Gopal Murali, Zoltán T Nagy, Maria Novosolov, Paul Oliver, Paulo Passos, Olivier SG Pauwels, Daniel Pincheira‐Donoso, Marco Antonio Ribeiro‐Junior, Glenn Shea, Reid Tingley, Omar Torres‐Carvajal, Jean‐François Trape, Peter Uetz, Philipp Wagner, Uri Roll, Shai Meiri
Publication date
2022/12
Journal
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Volume
31
Issue
12
Pages
2437-2452
Description
Aim
Viviparity has evolved more times in squamates than in any other vertebrate group; therefore, squamates offer an excellent model system in which to study the patterns, drivers and implications of reproductive mode evolution. Based on current species distributions, we examined three selective forces hypothesized to drive the evolution of squamate viviparity (cold climate, variable climate and hypoxic conditions) and tested whether viviparity is associated with larger body size.
Location
Global.
Time period
Present day.
Taxon
Squamata.
Methods
We compiled a dataset of 9061 squamate species, including their distributions, elevation, climate, body mass and reproductive modes. We applied species‐level and assemblage‐level approaches for predicting reproductive mode, both globally and within biogeographical realms. We tested the relationships of temperature, interannual and intra‐annual climatic …
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A Zimin, SV Zimin, R Shine, L Avila, A Bauer, M Böhm… - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022