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Mothers matter too: benefits of temperature oviposition preferences in newts

SYSNO ASEP	0363067
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Mothers matter too: benefits of temperature oviposition preferences in newts
Author(s)	Kurdíková, Vendula (UBO-W) Smolinský, Radovan (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Gvoždík, Lumír (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	3
Source Title	PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203 Roč. 6, č. 8 (2011), e23842
Number of pages	6 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	oviposition-site choice ; predator-prey interactions ; offspring performance
Subject RIV	EG - Zoology
R&D Projects	GAP506/10/2170 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000295832000066
EID SCOPUS	84857400325
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0023842
Annotation	We evaluated benefits of temperature oviposition preferences in Alpine newts by comparing the thermal sensitivity of maternal and offspring traits across a range of preferred oviposition temperatures and by manipulating the egg-predation risk during oviposition in a laboratory thermal gradient. All traits showed varying responses to oviposition temperatures. Embryonic developmental rates increased with oviposition temperature, whereas hatchling size and swimming capacity showed the opposite pattern. Maternal oviposition and egg-predation rates were highest at the intermediate temperature. In the thermal gradient, females oviposited at the same temperature despite the presence of caged egg-predators, water beetles (Agabus bipustulatus). We conclude that female newts prefer a particular temperature for egg-deposition to maximize their oviposition performance rather than offspring fitness.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2012

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