The digitization and open availability of life history traits measured directly from individuals
provide a key means of linking organismal function to environmental and ecological contexts …

Geographic variation in reproductive phenology can reveal how life history is shaped by the
environment. For amphibians, the timing of reproduction has downstream consequences on …

Bird bills possess an important thermoregulatory function as they are a site for
environmental heat exchange. Previous studies have demonstrated that birds in warmer …

The use of standard external measurements is pervasive in mammalogy, due in part to their
applicability to both living and dead animals. Nevertheless, comparisons of measurements …

It is hard to believe, but the Reptile Database turned 20 in November 2015. In this article, I
aim to provide a personal retrospective of its origin and how the history of the database ties …

Invasive species pose serious ecological and economic threats to native biological systems.
The temporal dynamics of invasions are often difficult to characterize but can provide key …

The molossid bat Tadarida brasiliensis has a wide and apparently continuous distribution in
South America. Although it has been reported in several localities of both versants of the …

Question: How can quantitative data from vegetation surveys best be assembled in a large
regional vegetation database? What effects have intellectual property rights concerns of …

An allopatric population of big-eared climbing rats (Ototylomys) from the Northern Highlands
of Chiapas, Mexico, is described as a new species. The new taxon is part of a unique …

Although sex ratios at conception are close to 1: 1 in most species of birds, skewed adult sex
ratios (ASR s) are not uncommon in populations of birds, and occur frequently at local and …