Migration in amphibians and reptiles: an overview of patterns and orientation mechanisms in relation to life history strategies

AP Russell, AM Bauer, MK Johnson - Migration of organisms: Climate …, 2005 - Springer
Differences in integumentary permeability dictate alternative life history strategies in
amphibians and reptiles. Limiting resources for amphibians are chiefly associated with …

Monogamy in lizards

CM Bull - Behavioural processes, 2000 - Elsevier
Monogamy is relatively rarely reported in taxa other than birds. The reproductive system of
many lizard species appears to involve multiple mating partners for both the male and the …

Do headstart programs work? Survival and body condition in headstarted Mona Island iguanas Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri

N Pérez-Buitrago, MA García, A Sabat… - Endangered Species …, 2008 - int-res.com
Headstarting refers to the raising of hatchlings in captivity and subsequently releasing them
into the wild and it is a widely used tool to protect endangered species by increasing …

Lack of homeward orientation and increased mobility result in high emigration rates from low‐quality fragments in a dune wolf spider

D Bonte, L Lens, JP Maelfait - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Mobility and emigration were investigated for the wolf spider Pardosa monticola
in grey dune fragments from two high‐density and one low‐density population, where …

Homing behaviour in the sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa): the role of visual cues and the parietal eye

MJ Freake - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2001 - Springer
To investigate how visual cues are integrated into a navigational strategy for homing in the
Australian sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa), lizards were displaced beyond their home range …

Linking habitat structure and orientation in an arboreal species Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae)

B Gruber, K Henle - Oikos, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how organisms move through landscapes is important for predicting the
effects of landscape structure on the population dynamics and spatial distribution of …

Microhabitat use by the scincid lizard Tiliqua rugosa: exploiting natural temperature gradients beneath plant canopies

GD Kerr, CM Bull - Journal of Herpetology, 2004 - BioOne
Microhabitat use beneath the canopy of perennial woody plants by the heliothermic sleepy
lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) was examined at a site near Mt. Mary in South Australia by testing …

Detectability, movements and apparent lack of homing in Hoplodactylus maculatus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) following translocation

M Lettink - New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 2007 - JSTOR
Translocation is an important tool in the conservation of New Zealand reptiles. Despite this, it
is generally not known how Hoplodactylus geckos respond to being translocated, partly …

Spatial ecology of bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua spp.) in the Australian wet–dry tropics

SJ PRICE‐REES, GP Brown, R Shine - Austral Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
New technologies for quantifying animal locations enable us to document habitat‐selection
patterns of cryptic taxa in extraordinary detail. Northern bluetongues (T iliqua scincoides …

The visual perceptual range of a lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

ZM Auburn, CM Bull, GD Kerr - Journal of ethology, 2009 - Springer
The fragmentation of landscapes produces habitat gaps where the distance between visual
landmarks may exceed the perceptual range of a species and impose navigational …