Arid climates are characterized by a summer drought period to which animals seem
adapted. However, in some years, the drought can extend for unusually longer periods …

Melanin is the basis of coloration in many animals, and although it is often used in
communication, thermoregulation, or camouflage, melanin has many other physiological …

Habitat selection is a dynamic process that depends on many environmental variables that
can vary with weather conditions. This is important because, within a context of global …

Conspecific cues often provide social information on habitat quality that is considered when
deciding to settle at a specific site. The type of sensory cues useful for this will depend on the …

Background The movement and spatial ecology of an animal depends on its morphological
and functional adaptations to its environment. In fossorial animals, adaptations to the …

Soil degradation may have strong negative consequences for soil biodiversity, but these
potential effects are understudied and poorly understood. Concentration of nesting seabirds …

Background Many animals rely on chemical cues for intraspecific communication. This is
especially important in fossorial animals because visual restrictions of the underground …

The comprehensive study of organisms is often hindered by the difficulty of consistently
capturing, detecting, and tracking all life stages and age classes. This challenge is …

Successful conservation and management of protected wildlife populations require reliable
population abundance data. Traditional capture-mark-recapture methods can be costly, time …

Melanin is a fundamental pigment in animal coloration as it is involved in many different
adaptive functions such as signaling or thermoregulation. Two forms of melanin are known …