Temperate and tropical lizards are vulnerable to climate warming due to increased water loss and heat stress.

ABSTRACT: Climate warming has imposed profound impacts on species globally. Understanding the vulnerabilities of species from different latitudinal regions to warming climates is critical for biological conservation. Using five species of Takydromus lizards as a study system, we quantified physiological and life-history responses and geography range change across latitudes under climate warming. Using integrated biophysical models and hybrid species distribution models, we found: (i) thermal safety margin is larger at high latitudes and is predicted to decrease under climate warming for lizards at all latitudes; (ii) climate warming will speed up embryonic development and increase annual activity time of adult lizards, but will exacerbate water loss of adults across all latitudes; and (iii) s

SUBMITTER: Mi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature