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A Habitat Model Of Sceloporus Undulatus The Fence Lizard In Southern Illinois
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Book Synopsis A Habitat Model of Sceloporus Undulatus (the Fence Lizard) in Southern Illinois by : Mary Renée Wolff Wolff
Download or read book A Habitat Model of Sceloporus Undulatus (the Fence Lizard) in Southern Illinois written by Mary Renée Wolff Wolff and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Relationships Among Behavior, Body Temperature, Physiological State and Habitat Utilization in the Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus Undulatus Hyacinthinus by : Steven Norman Trautwein
Download or read book Relationships Among Behavior, Body Temperature, Physiological State and Habitat Utilization in the Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus Undulatus Hyacinthinus written by Steven Norman Trautwein and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Habitat Preference of Two Subspecies of the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus Undulatus) in Kansas by : Jeffrey J. Rabe
Download or read book Habitat Preference of Two Subspecies of the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus Undulatus) in Kansas written by Jeffrey J. Rabe and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Taxonomic and Evolutionary Study of the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Occidentalis, and Its Relationships to the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus by : Edwin Lewis Bell
Download or read book A Taxonomic and Evolutionary Study of the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Occidentalis, and Its Relationships to the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus written by Edwin Lewis Bell and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Activity Budget Analysis and Habitat Partitioning in the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus by : Mary Angela Ross
Download or read book An Activity Budget Analysis and Habitat Partitioning in the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus written by Mary Angela Ross and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Base Line Population Study of the Southern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus Undulatus, in Central Florida by : Eleanor Ruth Mobley
Download or read book A Base Line Population Study of the Southern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus Undulatus, in Central Florida written by Eleanor Ruth Mobley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sceloporus Undulatus: Prairie and Fence Lizards by :
Download or read book Sceloporus Undulatus: Prairie and Fence Lizards written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights prairie and fence lizards of the order Sceloporus undulatus, with information provided by the Texas Memorial Museum of the University of Texas at Austin. Includes photographs of the lizard species and discusses the lizards' size, color, sexual dimorphisms, habitat, behavior, breeding, and range in Texas.
Book Synopsis Eastern Fence Lizard by : Jeffrey C. Beane
Download or read book Eastern Fence Lizard written by Jeffrey C. Beane and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information sheet with physical description, conservation status, habitat, habits and human interactions with the Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
Book Synopsis The biology of the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus by : Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Download or read book The biology of the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus written by Joseph Patrick Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fire-altered Landscapes Influence Locomotor Performance of Eastern Fence Lizards ("Sceloporus Undulatus") by : Kristoffer H. Wild
Download or read book Fire-altered Landscapes Influence Locomotor Performance of Eastern Fence Lizards ("Sceloporus Undulatus") written by Kristoffer H. Wild and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically habitat disturbance through fire has played a key role in shaping the biodiversity of forest communities in the Southeastern US. .... "Sceloporus undulatus" is a sexually dimorphic forest lizard that is relatively common throughout the eastern US, which makes it well-suited for studying the effects of fire-altered landscapes on lizard ecology. Our objective was to quantify the effect of fire-altered landscapes on "S. undulatus" locomotor performance.
Book Synopsis Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois by : Christopher A. Phillips
Download or read book Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois written by Christopher A. Phillips and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois offers up-to-date information on the state’s 102 species of frogs and toads, salamanders, turtles, lizards, and snakes. Detailed descriptions by the authors include habitats, distinguishing features, behaviors, and other facts, while revised range maps and full-color photographs help users recognize animals in the field. In addition, an identification key and easy-to-navigate page layouts guide readers through extensive background material on each species' population, diet, predators, reproduction, and conservation status. A one-of-a-kind resource, the Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois is a definitive guide aimed at biologists, teachers, students, wildlife specialists, natural resource managers, conservationists, law enforcement officials, landowners, hobbyists, and everyone else eager to explore herpetology and nature in the Prairie State.
Book Synopsis Use of Patchy, Early Successional Slope Habitat Along Coastal Sun-facing Beaches by the Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus Occidentalis at the Species' Northern Geographic Extreme by : Paul Backus
Download or read book Use of Patchy, Early Successional Slope Habitat Along Coastal Sun-facing Beaches by the Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus Occidentalis at the Species' Northern Geographic Extreme written by Paul Backus and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparisons among core and peripheral populations of animals for patterns of habitat use may be an important step in an area of ecological research: the quest to understand the mechanisms underlying species range boundaries. My research on the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, at the northwestern edge of the species' geographic range, is intended to lay the groundwork for future analyses of peripheral populations. Sceloporus occidentalis is a propitious species for studying peripheral animal populations because (1) relative to dryland habitats more typical of the species nearer the core of its geographic range, the peripheral population resides in a relatively unique beach-edge maritime habitat, and (2) it is found in high local abundance, is easy to observe and capture, and has low vagility relative to birds and mammals. My research addresses the habitat preferences, dispersal tendencies, and spatial distribution among individuals of S. occidentalis in a population at the species geographic extreme in western Washington. In 2013-2014 I captured, measured, and marked 359 lizards on the central beach in an apparent metapopulation along the Washington coast west of Marysville, WA. I recorded detailed habitat characteristics for every 10-meter stretch of beach using the line-intercept method (transect was set perpendicular to beach edge) and used Multidimensional Scaling analysis to correlate habitat characteristics with lizard sighting locations, thereby determining which sections of coastal beach edge were most heavily used by fence lizards. Similarity Percentage (SIMPER) analysis was used to determine which habitat characteristics were associated with most of the difference between occupied and unoccupied habitat areas. These characteristics and their relative influences on habitat differences were: distance to nearest patch of sun-exposed soil on the slope above the beach (45%), the abundance of nanohabitats (i.e. different substrata or log surfaces) in the log field below the slope (22%), the number of exposed soil patches on the beach slope (16%), the length (between slope base and beach-edge) of the log field on the beach below the slope (10%), and the relative amount of exposed soil in standard plots on the slope above the beach (5%). Chi-square analysis revealed that lizards were more likely to bask on log surfaces than on sand and leaf litter surfaces, perhaps because (1) body temperature can be more finely regulated on logs by adjusting angle of the body towards the sun, and (2) antipredator cover is nearer when on a log. Hatchling lizards were more likely than adults to be found on sand substratum. Based on proportions of age and sex classes that dispersed and the distances moved, I inferred that younger lizards were more likely to disperse longer distances than adults along Spee-Bi-Dah beach. Lizard sighting locations were documented in ArcGIS and the degree of overlap in habitat characteristics with lizard locations determined through Analysis of Similarity, which revealed lizards to be clumped around patches of prime habitat. A reasonable inference is that high population density and intraspecific competition in these habitat patches may be pushing lizards to disperse into suboptimal habitat. However, invasive plant species, particularly Himalayan blackberry, rapidly colonize open soil patches on the beach slope, restricting the lizards' access to habitat necessary for nesting and hibernation, and reducing habitat available for population growth or range expansion. Habitat degradation by invasive species and humans is likely a significant factor in the apparent decline of fence lizard populations along the Washington coast.
Book Synopsis Geographic Variation in Life History Tactics, Adaptive Growth Rates, and Habitat-specific Adaptations in Phylogenetically Similar Species by : Travis R. Robbins
Download or read book Geographic Variation in Life History Tactics, Adaptive Growth Rates, and Habitat-specific Adaptations in Phylogenetically Similar Species written by Travis R. Robbins and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: To understand the evolutionary and ecological significance of geographic variation in life history traits, we must understand whether the patterns are induced through plastic or adaptive responses. The Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, exhibits countergradient variation (larger body sizes, et cetera, in northern, cooler environments; presumed adaptive) in life history traits across its large geographic range. However, cogradient variation (the expected result from a plastic response, although not necessarily inconsistent with adaptation) has been suggested as a null hypothesis, especially on fine geographic scales because of relatively small environmental changes. Here we focus on life history variation on a fine geographic scale to test whether cogradient variation is exhibited even though countergradient variation is exhibited at larger scales, and if so, what mechanisms are involved in the switch. We examined north and south populations (~2° latitude between) of the S. undulatus, and the Florida Scrub Lizard, S. woodi, by measuring adult body sizes, reproduction, and hatchling body sizes over a two year period and conducting reciprocal transplants of juvenile lizards each year. Our results indicate cogradient variation (larger body size in the southern population experiencing a warmer environment) in life history traits of S. undulatus and countergradient variation, a lack of variation in adult body size, in S. woodi along the Florida peninsula. Thus, S. undulatus exhibits cogradient variation at fine geographic scales and countergradient variation at larger scales. Reciprocal transplants revealed that the larger adult body sizes in the southern population of S. undulatus could be explained by longer growth periods allowed by greater intrinsic survival. In S. woodi, the larger than expected adult body sizes in the north could be explained by faster intrinsic and extrinsic juvenile growth rates in the northern population. Because S. undulatus and S. woodi remain distinct species associated with distinct, though adjacent, habitats, we also looked for habitat-specific adaptations. The second reciprocal transplant (between species and habitats) revealed habitat-specific adaptations in juvenile growth rates, but not juvenile survival. Each native species grew faster and had a higher average probability of reaching size at maturity in their native environment than did the foreign species.
Book Synopsis The Reproductive Cycle of the Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus, in Eastern Missouri by : Ken Roy Marion
Download or read book The Reproductive Cycle of the Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus, in Eastern Missouri written by Ken Roy Marion and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eastern Fence Lizard written by Carl Juan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the lizard species found in the eastern United States is the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). It's a ubiquitous and common reptile that can be found anywhere from the wild to the city. The "fence lizard" earned its moniker because of its propensity to sun itself atop fences, tree trunks, and other similar high points. The "undulated" appearance of an Eastern Fence Lizard is due to the dark, wavy lines that run along its back. They seem unique with a blue patch on each side of their bellies and a pointed nose. During the mating season, males' colors become more vivid, and some even have blue spots on their throats. As their name suggests, these reptiles subsist mostly on insects and other similar-sized arthropods. They are recognized for their ability to execute a push-up show, especially the males, which employ this behavior to establish territory and communicate with other lizards. The Eastern Fence Lizard is a key part of the ecology, playing a role in reducing insect populations and serving as a food supply for numerous predators. Hikers, explorers, and locals in the eastern United States frequently come face to face with this intriguing lizard.
Book Synopsis Effects of Ecosystem on Microhabitat Use and Morphology of Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus Occidentalis) by : Robert P. Pelletier
Download or read book Effects of Ecosystem on Microhabitat Use and Morphology of Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus Occidentalis) written by Robert P. Pelletier and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) are a geographically widespread species that would benefit from adapting their microhabitat use and morphology to better suit the local habitat types they inhabit. To test for such differences, I used visual encounter surveys to assess the microhabitat use of the lizards and collected morphological data to evaluate differences between populations in different habitats. I observed the lizards at three sites representing three habitat types, including a suburban road in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA; a rocky cliff in Knights Ferry Recreational Area, Stanislaus Co., CA; and a Riparian forest in Caswell Memorial State Park, Ripon, San Joaquin Co., CA. My prediction that suburban road lizards would be generalists was supported; however, while there was evidence for morphological adaptation for reduced climbing ability and small body size, there was not support for improved running speed to facilitate escape to dense vegetated shelters. My prediction that rocky cliff lizards would be rock specialists was supported; the data showed adaptations for improved running, jumping, and climbing abilities on flat rocks along with a compressed body for taking refuge in tight rock crevices. My prediction that riparian forest lizards would specialize in using the tree microhabitat was not supported; as a result, my prediction that their morphology would be adapted for running, jumping, and broad tree climbing was disproven although they did exhibit a robust body. Instead the riparian forest population appeared better adapted for crypsis while making use of leaf litter and twigs on the ground. My results suggest that Western Fence Lizard populations do have shifts in microhabitat use in different habitat types and have means of adjusting their morphology to better suit their environment, be it through local adaptation or phenotypic plasticity.
Book Synopsis Specific Status of the North American Fence Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus and Sceloporus Occidentalis, with Comments on Chromosome Variation by : Charles J. Cole
Download or read book Specific Status of the North American Fence Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus and Sceloporus Occidentalis, with Comments on Chromosome Variation written by Charles J. Cole and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
