Ecological Solutions and Evidence (Jan 2024)
A systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction
- Liam R. Dougherty,
- Fay Frost,
- Maarit I. Maenpaa,
- Melissah Rowe,
- Benjamin J. Cole,
- Ramakrishnan Vasudeva,
- Patrice Pottier,
- Eva Schultner,
- Erin L. Macartney,
- Ina Lindenbaum,
- Jamie L. Smith,
- Pau Carazo,
- Marco Graziano,
- Hester Weaving,
- Berta Canal Domenech,
- David Berger,
- Abhishek Meena,
- Tom Rhys Bishop,
- Daniel W. A. Noble,
- Pedro Simões,
- Julian Baur,
- Merel C. Breedveld,
- Erik I. Svensson,
- Lesley T. Lancaster,
- Jacintha Ellers,
- Alessio N. De Nardo,
- Marta A. Santos,
- Steven A. Ramm,
- Szymon M. Drobniak,
- Matteo Redana,
- Cristina Tuni,
- Natalie Pilakouta,
- Z. Valentina Zizzari,
- Graziella Iossa,
- Stefan Lüpold,
- Mareike Koppik,
- Regan Early,
- Clelia Gasparini,
- Shinichi Nakagawa,
- Malgorzata Lagisz,
- Amanda Bretman,
- Claudia Fricke,
- Rhonda R. Snook,
- Tom A. R. Price
Affiliations
- Liam R. Dougherty
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
- Fay Frost
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
- Maarit I. Maenpaa
- Department of Agroecology Aarhus University Tjele Denmark
- Melissah Rowe
- Department of Animal Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO‐KNAW) Wageningen The Netherlands
- Benjamin J. Cole
- School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
- Ramakrishnan Vasudeva
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds UK
- Patrice Pottier
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Eva Schultner
- Zoology/Evolutionary Biology University of Regensburg Regensburg Germany
- Erin L. Macartney
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Ina Lindenbaum
- Institute for Zoology, Animal Ecology Martin‐Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
- Jamie L. Smith
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences University of Hull Kingston Upon Hull UK
- Pau Carazo
- Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia Valencia Spain
- Marco Graziano
- School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
- Hester Weaving
- School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK
- Berta Canal Domenech
- Institut für Evolution und Biodiversität, University of Münster Münster Germany
- David Berger
- Department of Ecology and Genetics Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
- Abhishek Meena
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Tom Rhys Bishop
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University Cardiff UK
- Daniel W. A. Noble
- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
- Pedro Simões
- cE3c—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute Lisboa Portugal
- Julian Baur
- Department of Ecology and Genetics Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
- Merel C. Breedveld
- Department of Biology University of Padova Padova Italy
- Erik I. Svensson
- Department of Biology Lund University Lund Sweden
- Lesley T. Lancaster
- School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK
- Jacintha Ellers
- Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Alessio N. De Nardo
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Marta A. Santos
- cE3c—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute Lisboa Portugal
- Steven A. Ramm
- UMR 6553 Ecobio—Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution Université de Rennes Rennes France
- Szymon M. Drobniak
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Matteo Redana
- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- Cristina Tuni
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology University of Turin Turin Italy
- Natalie Pilakouta
- Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology University of St Andrews St Andrews UK
- Z. Valentina Zizzari
- Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Graziella Iossa
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences Joseph Banks Laboratories, University of Lincoln Lincoln UK
- Stefan Lüpold
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Mareike Koppik
- Institute for Zoology, Animal Ecology Martin‐Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
- Regan Early
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter Penryn Campus Penryn UK
- Clelia Gasparini
- Department of Biology University of Padova Padova Italy
- Shinichi Nakagawa
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Malgorzata Lagisz
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Amanda Bretman
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds Leeds UK
- Claudia Fricke
- Institute for Zoology, Animal Ecology Martin‐Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Halle (Saale) Germany
- Rhonda R. Snook
- Department of Zoology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
- Tom A. R. Price
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12303
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract Exposure to extreme temperatures can negatively affect animal reproduction, by disrupting the ability of individuals to produce any offspring (fertility), or the number of offspring produced by fertile individuals (fecundity). This has important ecological consequences, because reproduction is the ultimate measure of population fitness: a reduction in reproductive output lowers the population growth rate and increases the extinction risk. Despite this importance, there have been no large‐scale summaries of the evidence for effect of temperature on reproduction. We provide a systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction. We systematically searched for published studies that statistically test for a direct link between temperature and animal reproduction, in terms of fertility, fecundity or indirect measures of reproductive potential (gamete and gonad traits). Overall, we collated a large and rich evidence base, with 1654 papers that met our inclusion criteria, encompassing 1191 species. The map revealed several important research gaps. Insects made up almost half of the dataset, but reptiles and amphibians were uncommon, as were non‐arthropod invertebrates. Fecundity was the most common reproductive trait examined, and relatively few studies measured fertility. It was uncommon for experimental studies to test exposure of different life stages, exposure to short‐term heat or cold shock, exposure to temperature fluctuations, or to independently assess male and female effects. Studies were most often published in journals focusing on entomology and pest control, ecology and evolution, aquaculture and fisheries science, and marine biology. Finally, while individuals were sampled from every continent, there was a strong sampling bias towards mid‐latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, such that the tropics and polar regions are less well sampled. This map reveals a rich literature of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction, but also uncovers substantial missing treatment of taxa, traits, and thermal regimes. This database will provide a valuable resource for future quantitative meta‐analyses, and direct future studies aiming to fill identified gaps.
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