Spatial dynamics of nesting behavior: Lizards shift microhabitats to construct nests with beneficial thermal properties

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2933-2939

  Angilletta JR , Michael J ^a   Sears, Michael W ^a,c   Pringle, Robert M ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Eastern fence lizard; Microhabitat; Nesting; Reptiles; Sceloporus undulatus; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; SURVIVORSHIP; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIZARD; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67649636155     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2224.1     Document Type: Article

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