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ArticleCurrent zoology2026

Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity affects embryonic development but not female reproduction in a lizard from desert steppes.

Xiaoqi Pang, Xingzhi Han, Song Liu, Baojun Sun, Weiguo Du, Linna Duan, Ruidong Zhang, Yan Liu, Qiong Zhang, Peng Liu

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Article in Current zoology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Xiaoqi PangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, P. R. China.
Xingzhi HanKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Song LiuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, P. R. China.
Baojun SunKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-6059
Weiguo DuKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Linna DuanCollege of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, P. R. China.
Ruidong ZhangKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China.
Yan LiuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.
Qiong ZhangKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Peng LiuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, P. R. China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reduced vegetation cover, elevated surface temperature, and decreased soil moisture are the main characteristics of desertification. Environmental variables in ectotherms' natural nests may drive their adaptive life-history evolution. To investigate the effect of variations in nest temperature, moisture, and vegetation cover on the reproductive phenotype and embryonic development of

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desertificationembryohatchlingsPhrynocephalus przewalskiivegetation cover

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