Extreme temperatures compromise male and female fertility in a large desert bird

Climate change may pose a challenge not only for survival of animals but also for their reproduction. Here, Schou et al. analyse how male and female ostrich fertility relates to fluctuating temperature across 20 years, finding reduced fertility away from the thermal optimum, but also individual vari...

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Autores principales: Mads F. Schou, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Zanell Brand, Erik I. Svensson, Julian Melgar, Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Schalk W. P. Cloete, Charlie K. Cornwallis
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/8b3846c9426c46109035221424a69e69
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Sumario:Climate change may pose a challenge not only for survival of animals but also for their reproduction. Here, Schou et al. analyse how male and female ostrich fertility relates to fluctuating temperature across 20 years, finding reduced fertility away from the thermal optimum, but also individual variation in thermal tolerance.