Nesting in Anolis Lizards: An Understudied Topic in a Well-Studied Clade
Nesting in Anolis Lizards: An Understudied Topic in a Well-Studied Clade
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10.3389/fevo.2022.821115
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2022-05
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Jenna E. Pruett;Joshua M. Hall;Sarin Tiatragul;D. Warner
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作者：
Jenna E. Pruett;Joshua M. Hall;Sarin Tiatragul;D. Warner
在卵生物种中，母亲的筑巢行为强烈影响其胚胎在发育过程中所经历的环境条件。反过来，这些早期生活条件会对后代的表型和个体一生中的许多健康成分产生影响。因此，识别筑巢行为的进化和生态原因和影响是行为生态学的关键目标。对爬行动物的研究极大地促进了我们对筑巢行为如何影响后代表型的理解。虽然一些分类类群已经被广泛使用，以提供对这一重要生物学领域的见解，但许多类群仍未得到充分研究。例如，鳞片属Anolis已经成为研究行为、生态学和进化的模型，但对Anolis筑巢行为和发育可塑性的研究相对较少。实证研究的缺乏可能归因于后勤方面的挑战（例如，难以找到巢穴），生物因素（例如，它们的单卵窝可能会阻碍一些实验设计），以及在Anolis研究中对雄性的历史关注。尽管在文献中关于雁巢行为的研究还存在空白，但近年来，人们对雁巢生态和发育可塑性的兴趣越来越大。本文(1)综述了目前国内外对变色鹦鹉筑巢生态学和发育可塑性的研究现状；(2)强调目前研究不足的变色鹦鹉筑巢生态学领域，并讨论这些领域的研究如何有助于更广泛的主题（例如，母体效应和全球变化生物学）；(3)为野外研究变色蛙筑巢提供指导。本文的研究结果为建立anol模型来研究巢巢生态学和发育可塑性提供了基础。
Maternal nesting behavior in oviparous species strongly influences the environmental conditions their embryos experience during development. In turn, these early-life conditions have consequences for offspring phenotypes and many fitness components across an individual’s lifespan. Thus, identifying the evolutionary and ecological causes and effects of nesting behavior is a key goal of behavioral ecology. Studies of reptiles have contributed greatly to our understanding of how nesting behavior shapes offspring phenotypes. While some taxonomic groups have been used extensively to provide insights into this important area of biology, many groups remain poorly studied. For example, the squamate genus Anolis has served as a model to study behavior, ecology, and evolution, but research focused on Anolis nesting behavior and developmental plasticity is comparatively scarce. This dearth of empirical research may be attributed to logistical challenges (e.g., difficulty locating nests), biological factors (e.g., their single-egg clutches may hinder some experimental designs), and a historical focus on males in Anolis research. Although there is a gap in the literature concerning Anolis nesting behavior, interest in nesting ecology and developmental plasticity in this group has grown in recent years. In this paper, we (1) review existing studies of anole nesting ecology and developmental plasticity; (2) highlight areas of anole nesting ecology that are currently understudied and discuss how research in these areas can contribute to broader topics (e.g., maternal effects and global change biology); and (3) provide guidelines for studying anole nesting in the field. Overall, this review provides a foundation for establishing anoles as models to study nesting ecology and developmental plasticity.