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The many consequences of urbanization on an endemic Cuban lizard
As urbanization continues to reshape landscapes, its effects on wildlife have become a subject of growing concern. In the unique context of Cuba, a…
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Parallel Urban Adaptation from Phenotype to Genotype in Anolis Lizards
Anolis lizards (known as anoles) are models for studying evolution in the wild. Not only do anoles have a history of repeatedly diversifying to…
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New Lit Alert: Artificial light at night alters diurnal and nocturnal behavior and physiology in green anole lizards
Artificial light at night alters diurnal and nocturnal behavior and physiology in green anole lizards Laura A.Taylor, Christopher J. Thawley, Olive R.Pertuit, Abigail J.Dennis, Isabela R.Carson,…
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New Lit Alert: Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard
Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard Zachary A.Chejanovski, Sean T.Giery, Jason J.Kolbe Abstract Urbanization is…
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Do hurricanes rock lizards harder in the city?
Hurricanes can shape ecosystems, but little is known about how they affect urban populations. This study compared 3 urban and forest sites in Puerto…
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CityShape: How Urban Environments Have Shaped the Toes of Puerto Rican Crested Anoles
Anole lizards are rapidly becoming a model for urban adaptation. Anolis cristatellus, or the Puerto Rican crested anole, is a lizard species that has a…
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Is Plastic Always Fantastic? Selection on Thermal Plasticity in Urban Anoles
A recent publication in Nature Communications goes above and beyond in studying how selection on adaptive and/or maladaptive gene expression plasticity may be regulating…
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New Lit Alert: Niche lability mitigates the impact of invasion but not urbanization
Niche lability mitigates the impact of invasion but not urbanization Borden, J. B., Bohlman, S., & Scheffers, B. R. Abstract Native species can coexist…
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New Lit Alert: Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats
Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats Kevin J Avilés-Rodríguez, Kristin M Winchell, Luis F De León, Liam J…
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Urban Lizards Like it Hot (and their genes may tell us why)
Cities are hot. Because of the urban heat island effect, urban environments tend to be significantly warmer than nearby non-urban environments. For ectothermic organisms,…
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Recap: The Finer Points of Urban Adaptation
In August 2020, I recently published my first first-author paper about urban Anolis lizard claws! I have previously written about my research after doing field…
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Lighting Up Anoles at Night!
This week we are cross-posting (again) from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here, written by Pavitra Muralidhar. How we perceive and interact…
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Tolerance to Urbanization is Widespread in Anoles
This week we are cross-posting from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here. Seven years ago I asked for the help of Anole…
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Evolution 2019: Do Anoles Adapt to Urbanization in Similar Ways? Maybe.
A major outstanding question in urban evolution (and evolutionary biology in general) is whether adaptation occurs in similar ways in different populations and across…
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Evolution 2019: Urban Lizard Morphology Changes After Hurricane Maria
Kevin Aviles-Rodriguez, a contributor here at LITC, studies urban adaptation and behavior of Anolis lizards. Previously, we told you all about Kevin’s research on escape…