Large reptiles and cold temperatures: Do extreme cold spells set distributional limits for tropical reptiles in Florida?

Dry Years Decrease Abundance of American Alligators in the Florida Everglades

(2015) J. Hardin Waddle et al.   WETLANDS

Climate extremes drive changes in functional community structure

(2014) Ross E. Boucek et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

How climate extremes—not means—define a species' geographic range boundary via a demographic tipping point

(2013) Heather J. Lynch et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Climatic Predictors of Temperature Performance Curve Parameters in Ectotherms Imply Complex Responses to Climate Change

(2011) Susana Clusella-Trullas et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Cold weather and the potential range of invasive Burmese pythons

(2010) Michael L. Avery et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Cold-induced mortality of invasive Burmese pythons in south Florida

(2010) Frank J. Mazzotti et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

What parts of the US mainland are climatically suitable for invasive alien pythons spreading from Everglades National Park?

(2008) Gordon H. Rodda et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Alligators and crocodiles as indicators for restoration of Everglades ecosystems

(2008) Frank J. Mazzotti et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Claims of Potential Expansion throughout the U.S. by Invasive Python Species Are Contradicted by Ecological Niche Models

(2008) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude

(2008) C. A. Deutsch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA