It is time to mate: population-level plasticity of wild boar reproductive timing and synchrony in a changing environment.

ABSTRACT: On a population level, individual plasticity in reproductive phenology can provoke either anticipations or delays in the average reproductive timing in response to environmental changes. However, a rigid reliance on photoperiodism can constraint such plastic responses in populations inhabiting temperate latitudes. The regulation of breeding season length may represent a further tool for populations facing changing environments. Nonetheless, this skill was reported only for equatorial, nonphotoperiodic populations. Our goal was to evaluate whether species living in temperate regions and relying on photoperiodism to trigger their reproduction may also be able to regulate breeding season length. During 10 years, we collected 2,500 female reproductive traits of a mammal model species (wild boa

SUBMITTER: Brogi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9450171 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature