爬行动物对气候变化的响应与适应 

作为外温动物，爬行类对环境温度变化非常敏感。气候变化已导致全球爬行动物数量下降及部分物种灭绝。我们利用遗传分析、控制实验和模型预测等方法，揭示爬行动物对温度变化的行为和生理可塑性响应及其进化适应潜力，进而预测未来气候变暖对爬行动物的影响。研究成果对爬行动物分布、生存和繁衍等重要生态学问题的理解以及生物多样性的保护具有重要意义。 

Li, S.R., Hao, X., Wang, Y., Sun, B.J. Bi, J. H., Zhang, Y.P., Janzen, F.J.Du, W.G*. Female lizards choose warm, moist nests that improve embryonic survivorship and offspring fitness.Functional Ecology, 2018,32(2):416-423. 

Wang, Y., Li, S.R., Zeng, Z.G, Liang, L. &Du, W.G*. Maternal food availability affects offspring performance and survival in a viviparous lizard.Functional Ecology, 2017, 31(10):1950-1956. 

Sun B. J., Li T, Mu Y, McGlashan J. K, Georges A, Shine R,Du, W.G*. Thyroid hormone modulates offspring sex ratio in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination.Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2016, 283(1841): 20161206. 

Du, W.G*and Shine, R. The behavioral and physiological strategies of bird and reptile embryos in response to unpredictable variation in nest temperature.Biological Reviews, 2015, 90(1): 19-30. 

Zeng, Z. G. Bi, J. H., Li, S. L., Chen, S. Y., Pike, D. A., Gao, Y. andDu, W.G*. Effects of habitat alteration on lizard community and food web structure in a desert steppe ecosystem.Biological Conservation, 2014, 179: 86-92. 

Gao, J., Zhang W., Dang W., Mou, Yi., Gao, Y. Sun, B. J.,Du, W.G*. Heat shock protein expression enhances heat tolerance of reptile embryos.Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014, 281(1791): 20141135. 

Sun, B.J., Wang, T.T. Pike, D.A. Liang, L. andDu, W.G*. Embryonic oxygen enhances learning ability in hatchling lizards, Eremias argus (Lacertidae). Frontiers in Zoology, 2014, 11: 21. 

Li, T., Zhao, B. Zhou, Y.K. Hu, R. andDu, W.G*. Thermoregulatory behavior is widespread in the embryos of reptiles and birds.American Naturalist, 2014, 183(3): 445-451. 

Zhao, B., Li, T., Shine, R., andDu, W.G*. Turtle embryos move to optimal thermal environments within the egg.Biology Letters, 2013, 9(4): 20130337. 

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