Univariate and multivariate plasticity in response to incubation temperature in an Australian lizard.

ABSTRACT: Environments, particularly developmental environments, can generate a considerable amount of phenotypic variation through phenotypic plasticity. Plasticity in response to incubation temperature is well characterised in egg-laying reptiles. However, traits do not always vary independently of one another, and studies encompassing a broad range of traits spanning multiple categories are relatively rare but crucial to better understand whole-organism responses to environmental change, particularly if covariation among traits may constrain plasticity. In this study, we investigated multivariate plasticity in response to incubation across three temperatures in the delicate skink, Lampropholis delicata, and whether this was affected by covariation among traits. At approximately 1 month of age, a

SUBMITTER: de Jong MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112869 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature