Abstract Study region Hawke's Bay and Otago regions, North and South Islands, New
Zealand (NZ). Study focus Evidence that climate change affects groundwater is emerging …

Rocky retreats are limited and geologically constrained resources for rock-dwelling
nocturnal lizards. Such lizards should seek retreats that offer thermoregulatory benefits …

High-latitude lizards live in environments where ambient air temperature at night is
frequently below retreat temperatures, which likely has implications for nocturnal emergence …

Ectotherms, especially terrestrial squamates, rely on suitable microclimatic conditions to
maintain critical physiological processes. Selection of appropriate microhabitat determines …

Lizards in Aotearoa are a diverse assemblage of two almost entirely endemic lineages,
however over 85% of these species are currently classified as at-risk or threatened due to …

Uncertainty about the magnitude of climate change will remain high for many decades. If
climate change is less severe than communities expect, they may end up spending too …

The robust grasshopper (Brachaspis robustus) is one of the most endangered invertebrates
in New Zealand. This species is at risk of extinction due to the compounding pressures of …