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Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Lizard Functional Diversity in a Tropical Dry Forest of the Pacific Coast of Mexico

, 2017
Tropical dry forests are complex and diverse ecosystems threatened by multiple anthropogenic factors, such as habitat disturbance caused by land use change. We assessed species and functional diversity of lizard communities in areas with different levels
Christian Berriozabal-Islas, Luis M. Badillo-Saldaña, A. Ramírez‐Bautista, C. Moreno   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Revealing Beta-Diversity Patterns of Breeding Bird and Lizard Communities on Inundated Land-Bridge Islands by Separating the Turnover and Nestedness Components

PLoS ONE, 2015
Beta diversity describes changes in species composition among sites in a region and has particular relevance for explaining ecological patterns in fragmented habitats.
Xingfeng Si, A. Baselga, P. Ding
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Common lizards break Dollo’s law of irreversibility: genome-wide phylogenomics support a single origin of viviparity and re-evolution of oviparity [PDF]

, 2018
Dollo’s law of irreversibility states that once a complex trait has been lost in evolution, it cannot be regained. It is thought that complex epistatic interactions and developmental constraints impede the re-emergence of such a trait.
Elmer, Kathryn R., Kamenos, Nick, Recknagel, Hans   +2 more
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Frugivoria e dispersão de sementes pelo lagarto teiú Tupinambis merianae (Reptilia: Teiidae) Frugivory and seed dispersal by the tegu lizard Tupinambis merianae Reptilia: Teiidae

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2004
Os lagartos teiús possuem uma dieta generalista, podendo agir como importantes dispersores de sementes em florestas semidecíduas do sudeste do Brasil. Foram estudadas a frugivoria e a dispersão de sementes de lagartos teiús usando animais em cativeiro ...
Everaldo Rodrigo de Castro, Mauro Galetti   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local extinction risk of three species of lizard from Patagonia as a result of global warming

, 2016
Recently, Sinervo et al. (2010, Science, 328: 894–899) reported declines of lizard biodiversity due to local warming trends and altered thermal niches. Herein, we applied the Sinervo et al.
E. Kubisch, V. Corbalán, N. Ibargüengoytía, B. Sinervo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cnemidophorus hyperythrus [PDF]

, 1998
Number of Pages: 6Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Crother, Brian I., Price, Andrew H., Thompson, J. S.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards.

PLoS ONE
Lizards play vital roles in extant ecosystems. However, their roles in extinct ecosystems are poorly understood because the fossil record of lizards consists mostly of isolated bones.
Sara J ElShafie
doaj   +1 more source

A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana

Nature Communications, 2015
Iguanians are one of the most diverse groups of extant lizards (>1,700 species) with acrodontan iguanians dominating in the Old World, and non-acrodontans in the New World. A new lizard species presented herein is the first acrodontan from South America,
T. Simões, E. Wilner, M. Caldwell, L. Weinschütz, A. Kellner   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phrynosoma coronatum [PDF]

, 1988
Number of Pages: 5Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Jennings, Mark R.
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Species composition, richness and nestedness of lizard assemblages from Restinga habitats along the brazilian coast

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Habitat fragmentation is well known to adversely affect species living in the remaining, relatively isolated, habitat patches, especially for those having small range size and low density.
CFD. Rocha, D. Vrcibradic, MC. Kiefer, VA. Menezes, AF. Fontes, FH. Hatano, CAB. Galdino, HG. Bergallo, M. Van Sluys   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source