... used a multi-pronged approach to understand the thermal ecology of a desert agamid and potential impacts of rising temperatures. Our data included field-based measures of operative temperatures, body temperatures, and activity, as well as lab-based measures of thermal limits, preferences, and sprint...

... ; Fast et al., 2010 ; Mainwaring et al., 2014 ). Background matching Coloration Disruptive camouflage Rates of egg heating Thermal ecology Trade-off Summary: Our study shows that when the thermal environment is not too stressful, plovers choose nest materials to improve egg...