Living on the edge? - On the thermobiology and activity pattern of the large herbivorous desert lizard Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis Blanford, 1875 at Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 636-647

  Wilms, T M ^a   Wagner, P ^b   Shobrak, M ^c   Rodder D ^d   Bohme W ^b  

^a Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity profiles; Climate change; Field active body temperatures; Species distribution model; Thermobiology; Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDGE EFFECT; LIZARD; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; MAHAZAT AS-SAYD; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX AEGYPTIA MICROLEPIS;

EID: 79952901867     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Al-Hazmi M.A., Assaggaff A.I., Al-Anzy A.A. Body temperatures and behavioral thermoregulation of Dhab Spiny-Tailed lizard Uromastyx microlepis in central Saudi Arabia. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 2005, 47A:1-16.
2. Al-Johany A. Daily and seasonal activity and thermal regulation of the spiny tailed lizard Uromastyx aegyptius in central Arabia. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 2003, 41A:585-595.
3. Bakken G. Measurement and application of operative and standard operative temperature in ecology. American Zoologist 1992, 32(2):194-216.
4. Bakken G., Gates D. Heat-transfer analysis of animals: some implications for field ecology, physiology, and evolution. Perspectives in Biophysical, Ecology 1975, 255-290. Springer, New York. D. Gates, R. Schmerl (Eds.).
5. Beaumont L.J., Hughes L., Poulsen M. Predicting species distributions: use of climatic parameters in BIOCLIM and its impact on predictions of species' current and future distributions. Ecological Modelling 2005, 186(2):251-270.
6. Blouin-Demers G., Nadeau P. The cost-benefit model of thermoregulation does not predict lizard thermoregulatory behavior. Ecology 2005, 86(3):560-566.
7. Blouin-Demers G., Weatherhead P.J. Habitat-specific behavioural thermoregulation by black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta). OIKOS 2002, 97(1):59-68.
8. Busby J.R. BIOCLIM - a bioclimatic analysis and prediction system. Nature Conservation: Cost Effective Biological Surveys and Data Analysis 1991, 64-68. CCSIRO, Melbourne. R. Margules, M.P. Austin (Eds.).
9. Christian K.A., Tracy C.R., Tracy C.R. Evaluating thermoregulation in reptiles: an Appropriate null model. The American Naturalist 2006, 168(3):421-430.
10. Cowles R.B., Bogert C.M. A preliminary study of the thermal requirements of desert reptiles. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1944, 83:265-296.
11. Deutsch C.A., Tewksbury J.J., Huey R.B., Sheldon K.S., Ghalambor C.K., Haak D.C., Martin P.R. Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 2008, 105(18):6668-6672.
12. Diaz J.A., Cabezas-Diaz S. Seasonal variation in the contribution of different behavioural mechanisms to lizard thermoregulation. Functional Ecology 2004, 18(6):867-875.
13. Dubois Y., Blouin-Demers B., Shipley B., Thomas D. Thermoregulation and habitat selection in wood turtles Glyptemys insculpta: chasing the sun slowly. Journal of Animal Ecology 2009, 78(5):1023-1032.
14. Dzialowski E.M. Use of operative temperature and standard operative temperature models in thermal biology. Journal of Thermal Biology 2005, 30(4):317-334.
15. Edgington E.S., Onghena P. Randomization Tests 2007, Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton.
16. Edwards A.L., Blouin-Demers G. Thermoregulation as a function of thermal quality in a northern population of painted turtles, Chrysemys picta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 2007, 85(4):526-535.
17. Elith J., Graham C.H., Anderson R.P., Dudik M., Ferrier S., Guisan A., Hijmans R.J., Huettmann F., Leathwick J.R., Lehmann A., Li J., Lohmann L.G., Loiselle B.A., Manion G., Moritz C., Nakamura M., Nakazawa Y., Overton J.M.M., Perterson A.T., Phillips S.J., Richardson K., Scachetti-Pereira R., Schapire R.E., Soberón J., Williams S., Wisz M.S., Zimmermann N.E. Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions form occurrence data. Ecography 2006, 29(2):129-151.
18. Fielding A.H., Bell J.P. A review of methods for the assessment of prediction errors in conservation presence / absence models. Environmental Conservation 1997, 24(1):38-49.
19. Grenot C., Vernet R. Les Lezards Heliophiles du Sahara: Facteurs Ecologiques et Conditions d'Elevage. Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle d'Afrique du Nord 1973, 64(1-2):53-78.
20. Heikkinen R.K., Luoto M., Araújo M.B., Virkkala R., Thuiller W., Sykes M.T. Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic envelope modeling under climate change. Progress in Physical Geography 2006, 30(6):751-777.
21. Hernandez P.A., Graham C.H., Master L.L., Albert D.L. The effect of sample size and species characteristics on performance of different species distribution modeling methods. Ecography 2006, 29(5):773-785.
22. Hertz P.E., Huey R.B., Stevenson R.D. Evaluating temperature regulation by field-active ectotherms: the fallacy of the inappropriate question. The American Naturalist 1993, 142(5):796-818.
23. Hijmans R.J., Cameron S.E., Parra J.L., Jones P.G., Jarvis A. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 2005, 25:1965-1978.
24. Hijmans R.J., Guarino L., Jarvis A., O'Brien R., Mathur P., Bussink C., Cruz M., Barrantes I., Rojas E. DIVA-GIS version 5.2 Manual 2005.
25. Huey R.B. Physiological consequences of habitat selection. The American Naturalist 1991, 137(Supp.):91-115.
26. Huey R.B., Deutsch C.A., Tewksbury J.J., Vitt L.J., Hertz P.E., Alvarez Perez H.J., Garland T. Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 2009, 276:1939-1948.
27. Huo M., Onghena P., Edington E.S. Randomization tests software for Windows Platform. Randomization Tests 2007, Chapman & Hall, Boca Raton. fourth ed. P. Onghena, E.S. Edgington (Eds.).
28. Krochmal A.R., Bakken G.S. Thermoregulation is the pits: use of thermal radiation for retreat site selection by rattlesnakes. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2003, 206:2539-2545.
29. Lenain D.M., Olfermann E., Warrington S. Ecology, diet and behavior of two fox species in a large, fenced protected area in central Saudi Arabia. Journal of Arid Environments 2004, 57(1):45-60.
30. Phillips S.J. Transferability, sample selection bias and background data in presence-only modelling: a response to Peterson et al. (2007). Ecography 2008, 31:272-278.
31. Phillips S.J., Dudík M. Modeling of species distributions with Maxent: new extensions and comprehensive evaluation. Ecography 2008, 31:161-175.
32. Phillips S.J., Anderson R.P., Schapire R.E. Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions. Ecological Modelling 2006, 190:231-259.
33. Porter W., Gates D. Thermodynamic equilibra of animals with environment. Ecological Monographs 1969, 39:227-244.
34. Row J., Blouin-Demers G. Thermal quality influences effectiveness of thermoregulation, habitat use, and behaviour in milksnakes. Oecologia 2007, 148(1):1-11.
35. Seebacher F., Elsey R.M., Trosclair P.L. Body temperature null distributions in reptiles with Nonzero heat capacity: seasonal thermoregulation in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 2003, 76(3):348-359.
36. Shine R., Kearney M. Field studies of reptile thermoregulation: how well do physical models predict operative temperatures?. Functional Ecology 2001, 15:282-288.
37. Swets K. Measuring the accuracy of diagnostic systems. Science 1988, 240(4857):1285-1293.
38. Vernet R., Lemire M., Grenot C., Francaz J.M. Ecophysiological comparisons between two large Saharan lizards, Uromastyx acanthinurus (Agamidae) and Varanus griseus (Varanidae). Journal of Arid Environments 1988, 14(2):187-200.
39. Williams J.B., Tieleman B.I., Shobrak M. Lizard burrows provide thermal refugia for larks in the Arabian desert. Condor 1999, 101(3):714-717.
40. Wills C.A., Beaupre S.J. An application of randomization for detecting evidence of thermoregulation in Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) from northwest Arkansas. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 2000, 73(3):325-334.
41. Wilms T. Studbook / Breeding Programme Oman-Spiny-tailed-Lizard (Uromastyx thomasi) Annual Report 2006 2006, European Studbook Foundation, pp. 1-10.
42. Wilms T., Böhme W. A review of the taxonomy of the spiny-tailed lizards of Arabia (Reptilia: agamidae: Leiolepidinae: Uromastyx). Fauna of Arabia 2007, 23:435-468.
43. Wilms T.M., Böhme W., Wagner P., Lutzmann N., Schmitz A. On the Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: agamidae: Uromastycinae) -Resurrection of the genus Saara Gray, 1845. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 2009, 56(1/2):55-99.
44. Wilms T.M., Wagner P., Shobrak M., Böhme W. Activity profiles, habitat selection and seasonality of body weight in a population of Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizards (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis Blanford, 1875; Sauria: agamidae) in Saudi Arabia. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 2009, 56(4):259-272.
45. Wilms T.M., Wagner P., Shobrak M., Lutzmann N., Böhme W. Aspects of the ecology of the Arabian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis Blanford, 1875) at Mahazat as-Sayd protected area, Saudi Arabia. Salamandra 2010, 46(3):131-140.
46. Zari T.A. Effect of temperature on resting metabolic rate of the Spiny-tailed Lizard Uromastyx aegyptius microlepis. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 1991, 4(A):9-18.
47. Zari T.A. The resting metabolic rate-temperature curve of the Desert Dhabb Uromastyx philbyi. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 1992, 7(A):453-461.
48. Zari T.A. Effects of body mass and temperature on standard metabolic rate of the herbivorous desert lizard Uromastyx philbyi. Journal of Arid Environments 1996, 33(4):457-461.