Category Archives: Ecology
Thermal dependence of signalling
A new study about wall lizards authored by Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza, Miguel Angel Carretero, and Enrique Font just came out in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Wall lizards are ventrally polychromatic and the authors hypothesized that the differences in … Continue reading
Posted in Colsci, Ecology, Herpetology, Non classé
Contrasts in Short- and Long-term Responses of Mediterranean Reptile Species to Fire and Habitat Structure
Our last paper finally came out in Oecologia! Here is the link. Changes in habitat structure constitute a major factor explaining responses of reptiles to fire. From spring 2012-2014, we investigated the relation between reptile-community metrics (species richness and abundance), … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fire, Herpetology
