Although it is well established that many insects, birds and mammals serve as important
pollinators and seed dispersers of flowering plants, the role of lizards in these processes has …

Birds and mammals are the only vertebrates which receive comprehensive attention in
studies of dispersal of fleshy-fruited plant species. However, recently the importance of …

Animal diets crucially affect fitness, yet many aspects of their ultimate determinants are
unknown. The distribution and extent of herbivory in lizards, its evolutionary history, and …

Uno de los más complejos mecanismos de regulación de la temperatura corporal es
encontrado en réptiles. En los lagartos, este mecanismo alcanza un grado destacado de …

Although the relationship between dietary and phenotypic specialization has been well
documented for many vertebrate groups, it has been stated that few such general trends can …

Climate change may cause phenological asynchrony between trophic levels, which can
lead to mismatched reproduction in animals. Although indirect effects of mismatch on fitness …

We used null model analyses to investigate the existence of structure in lizard assemblages
from open vegetation enclaves in Rondónia, southwestern Amazonia, in relation to species …

This study aimed to analyze the seasonal variation in diet composition and foraging
behavior of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) and T. semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825), as well as …

In a rocky outcrop in the municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, two species
of Tropidurus (Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus montanus) are found syntopically. We …

Many reptiles undergo an ontogenetic diet shift from carnivory to herbivory. In this study, we
used the yellow-bellied slider turtle, Trachemys scripta, as a model to evaluate whether …