Category Archives: Herpetology

Thermal dependence of signalling

Posted on 20 May 2016 by

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

Short- or long-wavelengths color patches? Evolution says both.

Posted on 1 February 2016 by

In their last paper published in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza and Enrique Font contemplate lizards colour patterns using a new approach. The authors hypothesize that selection for conspicuousness would not only act on the design of single colour patches, … Continue reading →

Posted in Colsci, Evolution, Herpetology | Leave a comment

Contrasts in Short- and Long-term Responses of Mediterranean Reptile Species to Fire and Habitat Structure

Posted on 22 October 2015 by

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