• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Climate Attribution

  • Home
  • Search
    • Climate Change Attribution
    • Extreme Event Attribution
    • Impact Attribution
    • Source Attribution
    • Court Attribution
  • About
    • Contact
    • Sitemap
  • Related Resources
    • Conference – January 9-10, 2025
  • Subscribe

Divergent effects of climate change on the egg-laying opportunity of species in cold and warm regions

Summary/Abstract

Researchers evaluated egg-laying in the model species Sceloporus undulatus using a new metric called egg-laying opportunity (EO). EO measures the time during which the climatic conditions are suitable for a species to lay eggs that will survive. The researchers predict that as the climate warms, EO will decline at a large majority of sites, threatening species populations.

Ma, Liang, et al. “Divergent Effects of Climate Change on the Egg‐laying Opportunity of Species in Cold and Warm Regions.” Conservation Biology, vol. 37, no. 3, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14056.

View Resource
January 2023
Liang Ma, Chao Hu, Zhong-Wen Jiang, Wei-Guo Du
Conservation Biology
Peer-reviewed Study
Northeastern United States
Climate Change Attribution → Temperature
Impact Attribution
Impact Attribution → Species Impacts
Impact Attribution → Ecosystem Impacts

Footer

This website provides educational information. It does not, nor is it intended to, provide legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is established by use of this site. Consult with an attorney for any needed legal advice. There is no warranty of accuracy, adequacy or comprehensiveness. Those who use information from this website do so at their own risk.

© 2026 Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Made with by Satellite Jones