ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology2014
Lizard thermal trait variation at multiple scales: a review.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Limited plasticity in thermally tolerant ectotherm populations: evidence for a trade-off.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Pooled it
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- Physiological responses and adaptive mechanisms of amphibians and reptiles to multiple interacting environmental stressors: an integrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Temperatures Lower than Preferred Ones Maintain DNA Integrity and Sperm Quality ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Hydric and Thermal Traits of Northern Australian Geckos: Water Loss Is Not Explained by Aridity.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set-point in mammals, birds, and lizards.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
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- Impact of food availability on the thermal performance curves of male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis).Oecologia · 2025Article
- Comparing Preferred Temperatures and Evaporative Water Loss Rates in Two Syntopic Populations of Lacertid Lizard Species.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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- Seasonal variation of behavioural thermoregulation in a fossorial salamander (Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Alpine viper in changing climate: thermal ecology and prospects of a cold-adapted reptile in the warming Mediterranean.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- 100 years Journal of Comparative Physiology.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2024Article
- Effects of microhabitat features on the intraspecific variability of the distribution and functional traits in a highest elevational distributed lizard.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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- Commonly collected thermal performance data can inform species distributions in a data-limited invader.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Thermal trait variation is of fundamental importance to forecasting the impacts of environmental change on lizard diversity. Here, we review the literature for patterns of variation in traits of upper and lower sub-lethal temperature limits, temperature preference and active body temperature in the field, in relation to space, time and phylogeny. Through time, we focus on the direction and magnitude of trait change within days, among seasons and as a consequence of acclimation. Across space, we examine altitudinal and latitudinal patterns, incorporating inter-specific analyses at regional and global scales. This synthesis highlights the consistency or lack thereof, of thermal trait responses, the relative magnitude of change among traits and several knowledge gaps identified in the relationships examined. We suggest that physiological information is becoming essential for forecasting environmental change sensitivity of lizards by providing estimates of plasticity and evolutionary scope.
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