Ectothermy in reptiles involves strong environmental temperature dependence to maintain
body temperature. High mountains are extreme habitats which, because of their marked …

The overall biology of ectotherms is strongly affected by the thermal quality of the
environment. The particular conditions prevailing on islands have a strong effect on …

1. We compared the mean, limits and breadth of the preferred thermal range (PTR) of two
Iberian populations of the lizard Psammodromus algirus separated by 700m altitude in May …

In ectothermic animals, body temperature is the most important factor affecting physiology
and behavior. Reptiles depend on environmental temperature to regulate their body …

Body temperature is the most important ecophysiological variable affecting reptiles' life
history. Moreover, thermoregulation in ectotherms implies a struggle to reach preferred …

The rate of heat exchange with the environment is of obvious importance in determining the
time budget of behavioural thermoregulation in ectotherms. In small reptiles, heating rate …

Populations should adapt to the climate at their respective localities. Here, we examined
differences in thermal biology between two populations of Podarcis hispanica lizards from …

We studied, in the field and laboratory, aspects of the thermal biology in two populations of
the lizard Podarcis tiliguerta along a 1450 m altitudinal gradient. Body temperatures (T b) at …

It is well known that lizard species from thermally diverse areas differ in their use of
thermoregulatory behaviors as a means of making short-term adjustments to differences in …

This study examined daily and seasonal activity and thermoregu-latory behaviour of the
sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa, a large, diurnally active temperate-dwelling Australian lizard, in …