Nocturnal basking in freshwater turtles: A global assessment

DT McKnight, K Ard, RJ Auguste, G Barhadiya… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Diurnal basking (“sunning”) is common in many ectotherms and is generally
thought to be a behavioural mechanism for thermoregulation. Recent studies have reported …

A nocturnally foraging gecko of the high-latitude alpine zone: Extreme tolerance of cold nights, with cryptic basking by day

A Bertoia, J Monks, C Knox, A Cree - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Lizards that inhabit high-latitude alpine zones are exposed to extreme temperatures and
long winters and most are diurnal heliotherms. Yet some poorly known nocturnal species …

Density‐dependent habitat selection predicts fitness and abundance in a small lizard

JE Paterson, G Blouin‐Demers - Oikos, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Density‐dependent habitat selection has been used to predict and explain patterns of
abundance of species between habitats. Thermal quality, a density‐independent component …

Thermoregulatory performance and habitat selection of the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

AF Parlin, JPS do Amaral, JK Dougherty… - Conservation …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Environmental conditions may affect individual physiological processes that influence short-
term performance and ultimately growth, survival and reproduction. As such, habitats …

High‐elevation hypoxia impacts perinatal physiology and performance in a potential montane colonizer

J Souchet, EJ Gangloff, G Micheli, C Bossu… - Integrative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is generating range shifts in many organisms, notably along the elevational
gradient in mountainous environments. However, moving up in elevation exposes …

Body condition, sex and elevation in relation to mite parasitism in a high mountain gecko

M Comas - Journal of Zoology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Parasitism is one of the main selective forces in nature, strongly affecting host fitness. Still,
knowledge is incomplete concerning how variation in probability and intensity of infestation …

Determinants of prevalence and co-infestation by ecto- and endoparasites in the Atlas day gecko, Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, an endemic species of Morocco

O Er-Rguibi, EM Laghzaoui, A Aglagane, L Kimdil… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Springer
The present work was undertaken to investigate the occurrence of ectoparasites (mites and
ticks) and endoparasites (haemogregarines and helminths) in the Atlas day gecko …

Effects of temperature heterogeneity on freshwater turtle habitat selection at their northern range limit

AC Auge, G Blouin-Demers, DL Murray - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental temperature is a crucial resource for ectotherms, affecting their physiology,
behaviour and fitness. To maintain body temperatures within a suitable performance range …

Behavioral compensation buffers body temperatures of two Liolaemus lizards under contrasting environments from the temperate Pampas: a Bogert effect?

OA Stellatelli, C Block, A Villalba, LE Vega… - Ethology Ecology & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Postural adjustments and microhabitat selection are two behavioral mechanisms that lizards
extensively use to regulate their body temperatures. The Bogert effect occurs when …

[PDF][PDF] First record of abnormal tail regeneration in the Moroccan endemic gecko Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1874) and the family Sphaerodactylidae

J Mouadi, A Elbahi, O Er-rguibi, EM Laghzaoui… - Herpetology …, 2021 - biotaxa.org
Figure 1. Male and female Atlas Day geckos, Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, from the
Oukaimeden Region, Morocco, presenting with abnormal, regenerated tails. In each image …