Anthropogenic disturbances often present novel habitat features to which the members of an
existing population must adapt. We examined the effects of disturbance and habitat …

Background The importance of thermal resources to terrestrial ectotherms has been well
documented but less often considered in larger-scale analyses of habitat use and selection …

Climate change has the potential to disrupt species interactions across global ecosystems.
Ectotherm–endotherm interactions may be especially prone to this risk due to the possible …

Understanding the home range of imperiled reptiles is important to the design of
conservation and recovery efforts. Despite numerous home range studies for the Threatened …

Due to increasing anthropogenic pressures, including land-use transformation globally, the
natural process of animal migration is undergoing alterations across many taxa. Small-scale …

Modelling the distribution and abundance of species at risk is extremely important for their
conservation and management. We used ecological niche models (ENMs) to predict the …

In many species, the spatial ecology of early age classes can differ significantly from adults.
Adult Western Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus Holbrook, 1840) at the northern extent of …

Pituophis catenifer sayi (Bullsnake) is a sparsely studied subspecies of conservation
concern in Canada. Basic ecological information is lacking for P. c. sayi, which reaches its …

The way animals use space and move through their environment is a fundamental aspect of
their ecology. Here, I examine the predator-prey relationship between prairie rattlesnakes …

Reptiles inhabiting shrub-steppe ecosystems of the Intermountain West have adapted to
harsh, unpredictable desert conditions, yet recent changes in disturbance regimes may put …