Locomotion, energetics, performance, and behavior: a mammalian perspective on lizards, and vice versa

T Garland Jr, RL Albuquerque - Integrative and Comparative …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Animals are constrained by their abilities and by interactions with environmental factors,
such as low ambient temperatures. These constraints range from physical impossibilities to …

Can a network approach resolve how adaptive vs nonadaptive plasticity impacts evolutionary trajectories?

EK Fischer, CK Ghalambor, KL Hoke - 2016 - academic.oup.com
Theoretical and empirical work has described a range of scenarios in which plasticity may
shape adaptation to a novel environment. For example, recent studies have implicated a …

Exposure to the herbicide atrazine nonlinearly affects tadpole corticosterone levels

TA McMahon, RK Boughton… - Journal of …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
To determine whether the herbicide, atrazine, affects the stress hormone corticosterone, we
exposed Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Treefrog) tadpoles to four concentrations of …

IUCN conservation status does not predict glucocorticoid concentrations in reptiles and birds

LB Martin, M Vitousek, JW Donald… - Integrative and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Circulating glucocorticoids (GCs) are the most commonly used biomarkers of stress in
wildlife. However, their utility as a tool for identifying and/or managing at-risk species has …

Predicting evolution and inferring its consequences

SB Tittes - 2019 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation concerns the roles of genetic and environmental factors in producing trait
variation in evolving populations, with an emphasis on the creation and use of statistical …