Sex-specific variation in thermal sensitivity has multiple negative effects on reproductive trait performance.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how increasing temperatures influence ectotherm population growth rate is necessary for predicting population persistence. Population growth rate depends on the thermal performance of multiple life-history traits that have different thermal sensitivities. Reproductive traits are considered more thermally sensitive than other life-history traits, such as survival and development rate. Moreover, the thermal sensitivity of reproductive traits can be sex-specific, which may differentially affect population growth. However, research concurrently assessing the sex-specific influence of heat stress on multiple reproductive traits is limited. We investigated the effect of heat stress on pupal survival and reproductive traits in both sexes to determine sex-specific thermal sensitivity

SUBMITTER: Pembury Smith MQR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12056345 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature