Avian incubation behaviour is a critical component of reproductive success, shaping embryonic development, offspring viability and subsequent fitness. Temperature acts as a pivotal factor during ...

Eggs of pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) were incubated at constant temperatures of 21°, 23°, 26°, 28°, 30° and 32° C to determine behavioural differences as a function of incubation temperature.

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 2017), pp. 197-201 (5 pages) Increasing evidence indicates that sex-determination mechanisms in reptiles (genotypic sex determination [GSD] and temperature ...

A recent study has found that turtles exposed to warmer ambient temperatures have increased numbers of germ cells — specialized cells that develop into eggs — leading to the development of more female ...

American alligators incubating their eggs at 33 o C (91.4 o F) will produce mostly male babies, while incubation temperatures below 30 o C (86 o F) result in mostly females. In Scientific Reports this ...

In Episode 241 of the Mother Earth News and Friends, John Metzer of Metzer Farms and Stephen Horst of Fifth Day Farm offer advice on the temperatures needed for incubating guinea, goose, and duck eggs ...

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