Life-history strategy mediates the effects of multiple developmental stressors on Australian lizards
Dalton C. Leibold·Daniel W. A. Noble·Pablo Recio·Amelia Y. Peardon·Ondi L. Crino·Christopher Friesen
Abstract Maternal stress and the developmental environment jointly affect offspring fitness and phenotype during early life. Mothers transmit stress to offspring through the deposition of hormones and energy into developing embryos, who are themselves subject to environmental stressors. A species’ life-history strategy (e.g. size and number of eggs) may further buffer or exacerbate the effects of developmental stress on offspring. We experimentally tested the joint effects of stress hormones (ex