Long-term changes in abundances of Sonoran Desert lizards reveal complex responses to climatic variation

Using citizen scientists to assess climate change shifts in desert reptile communities

(2016) Cameron W. Barrows et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of mild wintering conditions on body mass and corticosterone levels in a temperate reptile, the aspic viper ( Vipera aspis )

(2016) François Brischoux et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Ontogeny constrains phenology: opportunities for activity and reproduction interact to dictate potential phenologies in a changing climate

(2016) Ofir Levy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Costs and Benefits of Thermoregulation Revisited: Both the Heterogeneity and Spatial Structure of Temperature Drive Energetic Costs

(2015) Michael W. Sears et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Too dry for lizards: short-term rainfall influence on lizard microhabitat use in an experimental rainfall manipulation within a piñon-juniper

(2015) Mason J. Ryan et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Rapid warming and drought negatively impact population size and reproductive dynamics of an avian predator in the arid southwest

(2015) Kirsten K. Cruz-McDonnell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Has contemporary climate change played a role in population declines of the lizard Ctenophorus decresii from semi-arid Australia?

(2015) Samantha Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Differential sensitivity to regional-scale drought in six central US grasslands

(2015) Alan K. Knapp et al.   OECOLOGIA

Isolating weather effects from seasonal activity patterns of a temperate North American Colubrid

(2015) Andrew D. George et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of climate change on long-term population growth of pronghorn in an arid environment

(2015) Jay V. Gedir et al.   Ecosphere

Unprecedented 21st century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains

(2015) B. I. Cook et al.   Science Advances

unmarked: AnRPackage for Fitting Hierarchical Models of Wildlife Occurrence and Abundance

(2015) Ian Fiske et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Spatial, Temporal, and Density-Dependent Components of Habitat Quality for a Desert Owl

(2015) Aaron D. Flesch et al.   PLoS One

A Geographic Mosaic of Climate Change Impacts on Terrestrial Vegetation: Which Areas Are Most at Risk?

(2015) David D. Ackerly et al.   PLoS One

Spatiotemporal trends and drivers of population dynamics in a declining Sonoran Desert predator

(2014) Aaron D. Flesch   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects

(2014) Nancy Ockendon et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Functional trade-offs in succulent stems predict responses to climate change in columnar cacti

(2014) David G. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Consequences of nocturnal water loss: a synthesis of regulating factors and implications for capacitance, embolism and use in models

(2014) M.J.B. Zeppel et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Climatic variation and tortoise survival: Has a desert species met its match?

(2013) Jeffrey E. Lovich et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Modeling structured population dynamics using data from unmarked individuals

(2013) Elise F. Zipkin et al.   ECOLOGY

Activity restriction and the mechanistic basis for extinctions under climate warming

(2013) Michael R. Kearney   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temperature response of photosynthesis in C3, C4, and CAM plants: temperature acclimation and temperature adaptation

(2013) Wataru Yamori et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Climate Change and the Past, Present, and Future of Biotic Interactions

(2013) J. L. Blois et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

(2012) Céline Bellard et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Glycogen, not dehydration or lipids, limits winter survival of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana)

(2012) P. A. Zani et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effects of night-time warming on temperate ectotherm reproduction: potential fitness benefits of climate change for side-blotched lizards

(2012) D. N. Clarke et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Spatial and temporal variation in survival of a rare reptile: a 22-year study of Sonoran desert tortoises

(2012) Erin R. Zylstra et al.   OECOLOGIA

Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

(2012) R. B. Huey et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Temporal Patterns of Abundance of Arthropods on Sand Dunes

(2012) Cameron W. Barrows   SOUTHWESTERN NATURALIST

Climate change and community disassembly: impacts of warming on tropical and temperate montane community structure

(2011) Kimberly S. Sheldon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Elevated surface temperature depresses survival of banner-tailed kangaroo rats: will climate change cook a desert icon?

(2011) Martin R. Moses et al.   OECOLOGIA

Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)

(2011) Dustin R. Bronson et al.   OECOLOGIA

Are snake populations in widespread decline?

(2010) C. J. Reading et al.   Biology Letters

Models for Estimating Abundance from Repeated Counts of an Open Metapopulation

(2010) D. Dail et al.   BIOMETRICS

Species' traits predict phenological responses to climate change in butterflies

(2010) Sarah E. Diamond et al.   ECOLOGY

Perennial plant mortality in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts in response to severe, multi-year drought

(2010) J.R. McAuliffe et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Community and ecosystem responses to recent climate change

(2010) G. R. Walther   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dry Times Ahead

(2010) J. Overpeck et al.   SCIENCE

Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches

(2010) B. Sinervo et al.   SCIENCE

Trend estimation in populations with imperfect detection

(2009) Marc Kéry et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The velocity of climate change

(2009) Scott R. Loarie et al.   NATURE

Can behavior douse the fire of climate warming?

(2009) R. B. Huey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer "cold-blooded" animals against climate warming

(2009) M. Kearney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming

(2009) R. B. Huey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Conserving Species in Fragmented Habitats: Population Dynamics of the Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma mcallii

(2009) Cameron W. Barrows et al.   SOUTHWESTERN NATURALIST

Assessing the impact of climate variation on survival in vertebrate populations

(2008) V. Grosbois et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT KANGAROO RATS: NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF POPULATION DYNAMICS, COMPETITION, AND RAINFALL

(2008) Mauricio Lima et al.   ECOLOGY

Climate Change Trade‐Offs in the Side‐Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana): Effects of Growing‐Season Length and Mild Temperatures on Winter Survival

(2008) Peter A. Zani   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

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

GLOBAL WARMING: Climate Change Hot Spots Mapped Across the United States

(2008) R. A. Kerr   SCIENCE