Data on metal accumulation in the tails of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis in a coastal zone of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: A non-destructive biomonitoring tool for heavy metal pollution [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2020 In this data article, we investigated the accumulation of heavy metals in the lizard Microlophus atacamensis, in three coastal areas of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. We captured lizards in a non-intervened area (Parque Nacional Pan de Azucar, PAZ),
Yery Marambio-Alfaro +8 more
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The social system of the lava lizard, Microlophus atacamensis: the interplay between social structure and social organization [PDF]
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2022 Background Animal social systems can be described through four main components: social structure, social organization, mating system, and care system.
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One solution for two challenges: the lizard Microlophus atacamensis avoids overheating by foraging in intertidal shores. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In lizards, one of the most important behavioral mechanisms to cope with spatial and temporal variations in thermal resources observed is activity time. The longer a lizard can maintain activity, the more time it has to forage and reach larger adult body
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Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood of the Lizard Microlophus atacamensis: Understanding the T. cruzi Cycle in a Coastal Island of the Atacama Desert [PDF]
AnimalsTrypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan causative of Chagas disease, is primarily transmitted through blood-sucking insects and infects mammalian and some reptilian hosts. In Chile, insects of the Mepraia genus are key vectors of T.
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Geometric morphometric analysis of the head of Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) in a latitudinal gradient. [PDF]
Zool Stud, 2015 Clinal variation is defined as gradual variation in a character associated with geographic distance among sites. Microlophus atacamensis is a medium large lizard species which inhabits the intertidal zone of northern Chile, distributed from Antofagasta (23° 39' S) to Arrayán, La Serena (29° 41' S) in a gradient which could show clinal variation ...
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Sexual and age differences in ecological variables of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis (Tropiduridae) from northern Chile [PDF]
Revista chilena de historia natural, 2002 ABSTRACT Microlophus is a lizard genus of South-America which has many species with sexual size dimorphism. An ecologicalstudy was performed on M. atacamensis, a species inhabiting the intertidal zone of the coast of northern Chile. Thefollowing questions were addressed: (1) does M. atacamensis exhibit sexual dimorphism?
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Journal of Thermal Biology, 2008 Abstract 1. We studied physiological thermal adaptation in the lizard Microlophus atacamensis along a latitudinal range. 2. Field body temperatures were independent from thermal environmental conditions, and show seasonal, but not geographical differences.
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Geographical variation in the use of intertidal rocky shores by the lizard Microlophus atacamensis in relation to changes in terrestrial productivity along the Atacama Desert coast [PDF]
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2008 1. The movement of materials and organisms between ecosystems is a common process in nature. 2. In the present study we investigate the hypothesis that the movement of consumers between ecosystems depends not only on the differences in productivity between ecosystems and prey availability, but also on these animals' biological characteristics. 3.
Fariña, José M. +4 more
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2002 Microlophus is a lizard genus of South-America which has many species with sexual size dimorphism. An ecological study was performed on M. atacamensis, a species inhabiting the intertidal zone of the coast of northern Chile.
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Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 2022 Microlophus quadrivittatus es una de las cinco especies de lagartos corredores reconocidas actualmente para el género Microlophus en Chile y, junto con M. atacamensis, son las únicas especies de lagartos corredores exclusivos de ambientes costeros.
J. Mella
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