Burrow-dwelling ecosystem engineers provide thermal refugia throughout the landscape

Thermoregulation in leopard tortoises in the Nama-Karoo: The importance of behaviour and core body temperatures

(2013) Megan K. McMaster et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Thermal variability in body temperature in an ectotherm: Are cloacal temperatures good indicators of tortoise body temperature?

(2013) Megan K. McMaster et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Overwintering of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) Translocated to the Northern Limit of Their Geographic Range: Temperatures, Timing, and Survival

(2012) Brett A. DeGregorio et al.   CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY

Bushes protect tortoises from lethal overheating in arid areas of Morocco

(2012) F. LAGARDE et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Aardvark Burrows: A Potential Resource for Animals in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments

(2011) G.M. Whittington-Jones et al.   AFRICAN ZOOLOGY

Evidence for and geomorphologic consequences of a reptilian ecosystem engineer: The burrowing cascade initiated by the Gopher Tortoise

(2011) A. Kinlaw et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

When seasnake meets seabird: Ecosystem engineering, facilitation and competition

(2010) AMANDA M. LANE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Rabbit burrows or artificial refuges are a critical habitat component for the threatened lizard, Timon lepidus (Sauria, Lacertidae)

(2010) Pierre Grillet et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Pack rats (Neotoma spp.): Keystone ecological engineers?

(2010) Walter G. Whitford et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches

(2010) B. Sinervo et al.   SCIENCE

Kleptothermy: an additional category of thermoregulation, and a possible example in sea kraits (Laticauda laticaudata, Serpentes)

(2009) F. Brischoux et al.   Biology Letters

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

Burrows of Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) as Thermal Refugia for Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) in the Mojave Desert

(2009) Andrew D. Walde et al.   SOUTHWESTERN NATURALIST

European rabbits as ecosystem engineers: warrens increase lizard density and diversity

(2008) Lucía Gálvez Bravo et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Ecological roles of rabbit, bettong and bilby warrens in arid Australia

(2008) J.L. Read et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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