Interspecific Differences in Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Temperature Sensitivity Create Distinct Thermal Ecological Niches in Lizards (Plestiodon) (open access)

Interspecific Differences in Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Temperature Sensitivity Create Distinct Thermal Ecological Niches in Lizards (Plestiodon)

This article examines three congeneric lizards from the southeastern United States (Plestiodon fasciatus, P. inexpectatus, and P. laticeps) and hypothesizes that interspecific differences in metabolic temperature sensitivity locally segregates them across their total range.
Date: October 19, 2016
Creator: Watson, Charles M. & Burggren, Warren W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
We Need Better Understanding About Functional Diversity and Vulnerability of Tropical Freshwater Fishes (open access)

We Need Better Understanding About Functional Diversity and Vulnerability of Tropical Freshwater Fishes

This commentary extends a discussion initiated by Toussaint et al. (Sci Rep 6:22125, 2016) concerning the relationship between global patterns of freshwater fish functional diversity (FD) and its vulnerability to human impacts.
Date: November 19, 2016
Creator: Vitule, Jean R. S.; Agostinho, Angela A.; Azevedo-Santos, Valter M.; Daga, Vanessa S.; Darwall, William R. T.; Fitzgerald, Daniel B. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library