Plastic responses can have adaptive significance for organisms occurring in unpredictable
environments, migratory species and organisms occupying novel environments. Zebrafish …

Selection of habitat components by ungulates associated with parturition sites varies among
and within species depending upon vulnerability to predators, variation in local topography …

Background Animals select and interact with their environment in various ways, including to
ensure their physiology is at its optimal capacity, access to prey is possible, and predators …

Phenotypes that allow animals to detect, weather, and predict changes efficiently are
essential for survival in fluctuating environments. Some phenotypes may remain specialized …

For more than six decades, physiological ecologists have intensively studied diverse
aspects of lizard thermal biology. Nevertheless, a recent review notes that prior studies have …

Human alteration toward environment modifies the spatial distribution of available resources
that influences habitat selection in animals. Thus, it is necessary to identify the resources …

Rising environmental temperatures have become a global threat for ectotherms, with the
increasing risk of overheating promoting population declines. Flexible thermoregulatory …

The brown anole, Anolis sagrei, is a native species to the Caribbean; however, A. sagrei has
invaded multiple parts of the USA, including Florida, Louisiana, Hawai'i and more recently …

1. Habitat selection has profound ecological and evolutionary consequences. For example,
there may be strong selection for nest-site choice such that oviparous females, lacking …

Studies of locomotor performance often link variation in morphology with ecology. While
maximum sprint speed is a commonly used performance variable, the absolute limits for this …