The regulation of body temperature (thermoregulation) and of water balance (defined here
as hydroregulation) are key processes underlying ecological and evolutionary responses to …

This chapter provides an overview of research on stable social grouping in lizards, focusing
on contributions and future directions. It explains a detailed overview of patterns of stable …

During extreme climate events, behavioural thermoregulation may buffer ectotherms from
thermal stress and overheating. However, heatwaves are also combined with dry spells and …

Droughts are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. These extreme
weather events can lead to mass mortality and reproduction failure, and therefore cause …

This chapter discusses the effect on water budgets of six hydroregulatory mechanisms that
emerge from the biophysical equations: the adjustment of oxygen extraction efficiency, the …

Water conservation strategies are well documented in species living in water-limited
environments, but physiological adaptations to water availability in temperate climate …

Behavioral fight responses to desiccation risk are important to predict the vulnerability of
terrestrial animals to climate change and yet, they have received little attention so far. In …

Agricultural landscapes cover a large portion of the planet and the intensification of farming
is a primary cause of biodiversity loss. Changes in agricultural practices have been …

Water constraints can mediate evolutionary conflict either among individuals (eg, parent-
offspring conflict, sexual conflict) or within an individual (eg, cost of reproduction). During …

We describe Vipera walser, a new viper species from the north‐western Italian Alps. Despite
an overall morphological resemblance with Vipera berus, the new species is remarkably …