https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000626400 Wed 16 May 2018 11:25:23 KRAT ]]> https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000515645 Mon 03 Dec 2018 12:51:46 KRAT ]]> https://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000793290 10,000 individuals from 72 geographically distinct populations over the species' range, we analyzed how sex‐specific adult body size and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is associated with reproductive mode, lineage identity, and several climatic variables. Variation in male size was low and poorly explained by our predictors. In contrast, female size and SSD varied considerably, demonstrating significant effects of reproductive mode and particularly seasonality. Populations of the western oviparous lineage (northern Spain, south‐western France) exhibited a smaller female size and less female‐biased SSD than those of the western viviparous (France to Eastern Europe) and the eastern viviparous (Eastern Europe to Far East) lineages; this pattern persisted even after controlling for climatic effects. The phenotypic response to seasonality was complex: across the lineages, as well as within the eastern viviparous lineage, female size and SSD increase with increasing seasonality, whereas the western viviparous lineage followed the opposing trends. Altogether, viviparous populations seem to follow a saw‐tooth geographic cline, which might reflect the nonmonotonic relationship of body size at maturity in females with the length of activity season. This relationship is predicted to arise in perennial ectotherms as a response to environmental constraints caused by seasonality of growth and reproduction. The SSD allometry followed the converse of Rensch's rule, a rare pattern for amniotes. Our results provide the first evidence of opposing body size—climate relationships in intraspecific units.]]> Fri 12 Feb 2021 10:23:25 KRAT ]]>