Investigating relationships among stress, reproduction, and immunity in three species of watersnake

EK Field, J Terry, AM Hartzheim, K Krajcir… - General and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy is a finite resource required for all physiological processes and must be allocated
efficiently among essential activities to ensure fitness and survival. During the active season …

Reproductive trade-offs in the colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus): an examination of the relationship between clutch and follicle size

HE Caracalas, SS French, SB Hudson, BM Kluever… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Springer
Life history theory predicts that there should be an inverse relationship between offspring
size and number, because individuals cannot simultaneously maximize both when …

Behavior, stress and metabolism of a parthenogenic lizard in response to flyover noise

ME Kepas, LO Sermersheim, SB Hudson… - Frontiers in Amphibian …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Colorado checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus) is a parthenogenetic lizard
that is listed as a “species of special concern” in the state of Colorado. A. neotesselatus …

Short‐term impact of a wildfire on the homeostasis of Tropidurus oreadicus lizards

AP Furtado, ITS Carvalho, EL Lewis… - … Zoology Part A …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires cause significant changes in natural habitats and can impact lizard populations.
Through changes in the thermal environment, reduced prey availability, and increased …

[PDF][PDF] Aspidoscelis neotesselatus (Colorado checkered whiptail): dietary observations and biology in the northern part of the range

C KUSAKA, DA EIFLER, MA EIFLER, LJ LIVO… - Western …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Colorado and has one of the smallest natural continental distributions of a species in the
genus Aspidoscelis. Further, it is a species of conservation concern in the state. Recent …