Impacts of invasive plants on animal behaviour

PS Stewart, RA Hill, PA Stephens… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The spread of invasive species is a threat to ecosystems worldwide. However, we know
relatively little about how invasive species affect the behaviour of native animals, even …

Thermal landscape change as a driver of ectotherm responses to plant invasions

RA Garcia, S Clusella-Trullas - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A growing body of research demonstrates the impacts of invasive alien plants on native
animals, but few studies consider thermal effects as a driver of the responses of native …

[PDF][PDF] The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status

A Peralta-García… - Amphibian & …, 2023 - amphibian-reptile-conservation.org
The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, consists of 172 species,
including 18 anurans, three salamanders, 140 squamates, and 11 turtles. Among the 10 …

Effects of European common reed on Blanding's turtle spatial ecology

CE Markle, P Chow‐Fraser - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
European common reed (Phragmites australis; common reed) is an aggressive invader of
North American wetlands that forms homogenous patches and replaces native flora. Dense …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the invasive tree Cedrela odorota on the Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) and its habitat (Pandanus rabaiensis) in Kimboza Forest …

CJ Kilawe, HA Mchelu, CJ Emily - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-native plants are a major cause of habitat loss and fragmentation that lead to
biodiversity loss. Geckos are particularly vulnerable to habitat alterations due to their small …

Local socioeconomic factors predict urban forest structure and composition across neighborhoods in Syracuse, NY (USA)

J Jessamy, JE Drake, DJ Nowak, JC Stella - Landscape and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trees provide significant benefits to residents in urban environments, including shade and
temperature mitigation, flood control, carbon cycling, air pollution mitigation, aesthetic …

Temperate deciduous shrub phenology: the overlooked forest layer

A Donnelly, R Yu - International Journal of Biometeorology, 2021 - Springer
Temperate deciduous shrub phenology plays a pivotal role in forest ecology by regulating
the timing of suitable habitat and food of a range of organisms as well as influencing the …

Behavioral thermal tolerances of free-ranging rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) during the summer foraging season

BJ Putman, RW Clark - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Increasing temperature due to climate change is one of the greatest challenges for wildlife
worldwide. Behavioral data on free-ranging individuals is necessary to determine at what …

A spatial genomic approach identifies time lags and historical barriers to gene flow in a rapidly fragmenting Appalachian landscape

TA Maigret, JJ Cox, DW Weisrock - Molecular ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The resolution offered by genomic data sets coupled with recently developed spatially
informed analyses are allowing researchers to quantify population structure at increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Response of reptiles to weed-control and native plant restoration in an arid, grass-invaded landscape

CA Schlesinger, M Kaestli, KA Christian… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduced grasses are a major threat to dryland ecosystems world-wide because of their
ability to transform plant communities and change fire regimes. These structural and …