Temperature profoundly impacts both the phenotypes and distributions of organisms. These
thermal effects exert strong selective pressures on behaviour, physiology and life history …

Operative temperature (Te) and standard operative temperature (Tes) models have been
used to address ecological questions about the thermal biology of ectotherms and …

Ectotherms that maintain thermal balance in the face of varying climates should be able to
colonise a wide range of habitats. In lizards, thermoregulation usually appears as a variety …

We review the ecological consequences of habitat and microhabitat use in lizards. Different
habitats have different biotic and abiotic properties and thus are likely to have different …

Most terrestrial species on Earth are ectothermic and track temperature at small spatial
scales, from sun flecks to cool shaded spots. Current assessments of thermal heterogeneity …

New Zealand lizard species are characterised by their high incidence of viviparity (99% of
taxa) and 'slow'life histories. Female geckos and skinks typically mate and begin …

Sister species that live in sympatry provide the possibility to analyse the level of divergence
in their ecological, physiological and life-history traits and how they can coexist without out …

Uno de los más complejos mecanismos de regulación de la temperatura corporal es
encontrado en réptiles. En los lagartos, este mecanismo alcanza un grado destacado de …

1. We compared the mean, limits and breadth of the preferred thermal range (PTR) of two
Iberian populations of the lizard Psammodromus algirus separated by 700m altitude in May …

Road mortality is a significant threat to terrestrial vertebrates in many areas, and the novel
thermal environment of black-topped roads may represent ecological traps for some species …