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Article Dans Une Revue Functional Ecology Année : 2023

The costs of living on the coast: Reduction in body size and size‐specific reproductive output in coastal populations of a widespread amphibian

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Body size is a critical component of organismal biology. Body size is known to be influenced by a plethora of environmental conditions, among which exposure to large scale variations of salinity has been comparatively overlooked. Yet, exposure to salinity is known to affect energetic allocation toward growth and reproduction. In this study, we investigated the morphological differences between inland and coastal individuals of spined toads (Bufo spinosus) in Western France. We measured adult morphology both outside and during the reproductive season on 190 individuals, and assessed reproduction in pairs originating from inland (N = 20) and coastal (N = 30) environments. Overall, we found that adult coastal toads were smaller and lighter than inland individuals. Reproductive correlates of these differences included lower fecundity and smaller egg size (but higher egg density) in coastal females. Interestingly, these differences were not allometric correlates of body size, as coastal females invested proportionally less in all components of reproduction (fecundity, egg size and egg protection). These results suggest altered resource allocation to growth and reproduction in coastal amphibians, which may be related to the marked spatial gradient of salinity (measured in reproductive ponds) and the associated costs of osmoregulation (higher osmolality in coastal individuals), for which local adaptation and higher tolerance to salinity remains to be tested.
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Léa Lorrain-Soligon, Luca Périsse, Fréderic Robin, Marko Jankovic, François Brischoux. The costs of living on the coast: Reduction in body size and size‐specific reproductive output in coastal populations of a widespread amphibian. Functional Ecology, 2023, 37 (10), pp.2703-2717. ⟨10.1111/1365-2435.14413⟩. ⟨hal-04197550⟩
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