Behavioural plasticity in activity and sexual interactions in a social lizard at high environmental temperatures

N Rossi, M Chiaraviglio, G Cardozo - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sexual selection often shapes social behavioural activities, such as movement in the
environment to find possible partners, performance of displays to signal dominance and …

Lizards and bromeliads in the Neotropics: literature review and relevance of this association to conservation

JS Jorge, RFD Sales, VTC Silva, EMX Freire - Symbiosis, 2021 - Springer
Bromeliads are widely recognized for their role as biodiversity amplifiers in the Neotropical
region. Some animal taxa are well known for their relationships with bromeliads, such as …

Ecological grouping and edge effects in tropical dry forest: reptile-microenvironment relationships

JE Carvajal-Cogollo, N Urbina-Cardona - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
We evaluated the effect of tropical dry forest edges in fragments on reptile structure and
ecological groups, and their relationship to 15 environmental variables in the Caribbean …

[PDF][PDF] Reproductive and fat body cycles of Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil

LB Ribeiro, NB Silva, EMX Freire - Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2012 - redalyc.org
This study assessed the reproductive and fat body cycles of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix,
1825) and T. semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) in an area of caatinga in the Seridó of Rio Grande …

Challenges and perspectives for studies on home range of lizards from South America

DC Passos, CAB Galdino, CFD Rocha - South American Journal of …, 2015 - BioOne
Knowledge of home range is essential to understand the processes that govern space and
social organization in animals. We analyzed the historical development of studies of lizard …

Diverging temporal and thermal niche dimensions favor syntopy of Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

T Maia-Carneiro, CFD Rocha - Biologia, 2021 - Springer
Divergences in ecological niche dimensions favor the coexistence of species in syntopy.
Supposedly, closely related species face stronger pressures to differ in dimensions of …

Remote tracking of Galápagos pink land iguana reveals large elevational shifts in habitat use

G Colosimo, M Gargano, P Loreti, L Bracciale… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Critically endangered Galápagos pink land iguanas, Conolophus marthae, are considered a
rare and elusive species. These iguanas are endemic to Wolf Volcano, on Isabela Island …

Thermal ecology and thermoregulatory behaviour of Tropidurus hispidus and T. semitaeniatus in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil

LB Ribeiro, EMX Freire - The Herpetological Journal, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
This study assessed the thermal ecology of Tropidurus hispidus and T. semitaeniatus in a
caatinga area in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The mean activity body …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial organisation of the Neotropical lizard Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

GC Melo, LT Pinheiro, DC Passos, CAB Galdino - Salamandra, 2017 - researchgate.net
The place where an individual lives and performs its activities (ie, its home range) is an
important attribute of animal ecology (Brown & Orians 1970). Knowledge about how the …

Sexual dichromatism and color diversity in the spiny lava lizard Tropidurus spinulosus using lizard visual modelling

N Rossi, S Benitez-Vieyra, A Cocucci, M Chiaraviglio… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Colors are important vehicles for social signals in many taxa. In Squamata, previous studies
have linked color characteristics and chromatic diversity to sexual selection and, particularly …