Rapid heat hardening in embryos of the lizard Anolis sagrei. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2023 Adaptive thermal tolerance plasticity can dampen the negative effects of warming. However, our knowledge of tolerance plasticity is lacking for embryonic stages that are relatively immobile and may benefit the most from an adaptive plastic response. We tested for heat hardening capacity (a rapid increase in thermal tolerance that manifests
Gleason GS +3 more
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Lizard Dewlap Color and Malaria Infection: Testing the Hamilton-Zuk Hypothesis
Diversity, 2023 The Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis indicates that parasites may have a negative effect on the appearance of sexual traits within an infected individual. Anolis sagrei, or brown anoles, are small invasive lizards common throughout Florida and many other areas ...
Tiffany M. Doan +3 more
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Novitates Caribaea, 2022 Se registra la muerte accidental de Anolis porcatus (Gray, 1841), Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnés, 1818) y Sphaerodactylus elegans (MacLeay, 1834) en el interior de vasos utilizados como adornos domésticos en un domicilio urbano de San Antonio de ...
Luis F. de Armas
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Regulatory Responses of Ectothermic Embryos to Predicted Heat Stresses Under Near-Future Climate Change. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Heat stress can disrupt coordinated regulatory processes underpinning normal development, resulting in embryonic malformation and inviability. Embryonic buffering against thermal challenge may therefore play a crucial role in individual survival and population resilience under heat stress.
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The brown anole dewlap revisited: do predation pressure, sexual selection, and species recognition shape among-population signal diversity? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Animal signalling structures are amongst the most variable characteristics, as they are subjected to a diversity of selection pressures. A well-known example of a diverse signalling system in the animal kingdom is the dewlap of Anolis lizards.
Simon Baeckens +2 more
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Amphibians and reptiles of Isla Santay (Durán, Ecuador) [PDF]
Check List, 2023 Amphibian and reptile diversity from Isla Santay (Durán, Ecuador) has been underestimated due to the lack of monitoring throughout the island.
Keyko Cruz-García +7 more
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Elaboration of a Movement-Based Signal in the Presence of a Predator. [PDF]
Ecol EvolPredation is a driving force in biology and a key determinant of animal behaviour and important functional tasks have been shown to vary in response to changes in the perceived level of threat, including animal communication strategies. Common to all of these is a reduction in the likelihood of detection and/or to minimise exposure to predators.
Khanna S, Peters RA.
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Urban-Wild Interface Diversity: A Comprehensive Checklist of Herpetofauna of Guayaquil, Ecuador. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAmphibians and reptiles in Guayaquil comprise multiple taxonomic orders and occur across conservation areas, forest remnants, and urban parks, including several endemic species and numerous taxa with type localities in the city. Although most species are globally classified as Least Concern, discrepancies between global and national threat assessments ...
Cruz-García K +3 more
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Mixed Support for Pleistocene Sea-Level Fluctuations in Promoting the Diversification of Anole Lizards in the Northern Lesser Antilles. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT In the Pleistocene, climatic changes resulted in cycles of sea‐level fluctuation that periodically fragmented islands into aggregate island complexes. These temporary saltwater barriers between islands within an island bank had the potential to decrease migration between populations on separate islands, resulting in increased genetic ...
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