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DOI | 10.1111/geb.12643 |
The Eurasian hot nightlife: Environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards | |
Vidan, Enav1; Roll, Uri2,3; Bauer, Aaron4; Grismer, Lee5; Guo, Peng6; Maza, Erez1; Novosolov, Maria1; Sindaco, Roberto7,8; Wagner, Philipp4; Belmaker, Jonathan1,9; Meiri, Shai1,9 | |
通讯作者 | Vidan, Enav |
来源期刊 | GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
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ISSN | 1466-822X |
EISSN | 1466-8238 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 26期号:11页码:1316-1325 |
英文摘要 | Aim: Lizards are ancestrally diurnal, and most of them remain so. Nocturnality is common among lizards, but the environmental factors associated with lizard nocturnal activity are still unknown. Here, we contrasted the ambient temperature and productivity hypotheses, where we predicted that cold temperatures will pose a stonger limit to nocturnal species richness than diurnal lizards. Moreover, we contrasted the relative importance of annual, day and night mean temperatures to pinpoint the drivers of nocturnal lizard richness. Location: Mainland Eurasia. Methods: We collected distribution range and activity time data for all 1,113 lizard species found throughout mainland Eurasia. This represents the largest geographical scope to date, for studies of lizard species richness. We examined the spatial patterns of nocturnal species richness in relationship to diurnal species richness across environmental gradients of ambient temperature and productivity. Results: Nocturnal lizards are richest in the tropics and in deserts, and their richness decreases with latitude. However, nocturnal lizards are absent from the highest latitudes and coldest regions inhabited by lizards. Diurnal and nocturnal lizards respond in a similar manner to climatic factors. Ambient temperature has a strong influence on both, whereas productivity is more tightly related to the proportion of nocturnal species. Main conclusions: Nocturnality is widespread among Eurasian lizards. However, nocturnal lizards are absent from invariably cold regions, and low temperatures seem to be a limiting factor for lizard activity period. We suggest that the year-round warm nights of the tropics reduce the cost of being active at night and open the nocturnal niche for many lizards. In hot deserts, the combination of hot days and aridity increases the cost of diurnal activity, whereas nocturnal activity provides a shelter from these extreme conditions. |
英文关键词 | ambient temperature hypothesis night temperature productivity hypothesis richness |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel ; England ; USA ; Peoples R China ; Italy ; Germany |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000413906800010 |
WOS关键词 | LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT ; SPECIES RICHNESS ; LOW-TEMPERATURE ; BODY TEMPERATURES ; GROWTH-RATE ; LOW-COST ; ECOLOGY ; NICHE ; PERFORMANCE ; PATTERNS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Geography, Physical |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; University of Oxford |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/199377 |
作者单位 | 1.Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Zool, IL-6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel; 2.Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, Oxford, England; 3.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Mitrani Dept Desert Ecol, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; 4.Villanova Univ, Dept Biol, Villanova, PA 19085 USA; 5.La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA USA; 6.Yibin Univ, Coll Life Sci & Food Engn, Yibin, Sichuan, Peoples R China; 7.Museo Civ Sotria Nat, Turin, Italy; 8.Zool Staatssammlung Munchen, Munich, Germany; 9.Tel Aviv Univ, Steinhardt Museum Nat Hist, Tel Aviv, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vidan, Enav,Roll, Uri,Bauer, Aaron,et al. The Eurasian hot nightlife: Environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Oxford,2017,26(11):1316-1325. |
APA | Vidan, Enav.,Roll, Uri.,Bauer, Aaron.,Grismer, Lee.,Guo, Peng.,...&Meiri, Shai.(2017).The Eurasian hot nightlife: Environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY,26(11),1316-1325. |
MLA | Vidan, Enav,et al."The Eurasian hot nightlife: Environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY 26.11(2017):1316-1325. |
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