supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31861143023 and 31872252);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2572019AA09);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20050201).
The survival of ectotherms worldwide is threatened by climate change.Whether increasing temperatures increase the vulnerability of ectotherms inhabiting temperate plateau areas remains unclear.To understand altitudina...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP,2019QZKK0402);Science and Technology Plan Project of Xizang Autonomous Region to Y.Q. (XZ202201ZY0030G);National Natural Science Foundation of China (32201424 to Z.Y.L.and 31872233 to Y.Q.)。
Assessing the threat status of species in response to global change is critical for biodiversity monitoring and conservation efforts.However,current frameworks,even the IUCN Red List,often neglect critical factors suc...
This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines and regulations set forth by the Animal Ethics Committee at the Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Approval No.IOZ-IACUC-2023-153).
Climate warming poses a significant threat to species worldwide,particularly those inhabiting arid and semi-arid regions where extreme temperatures are increasingly prevalent.However,empirical studies investigating ho...
This study was funded by a“Bielefeld Young Researchers'Fund"grant awarded by Bielefeld University(Germany)to I.D.M.under the code BYRF2021-DamasMoreira.
Urbanization occurs at a global scale,imposing dramatic and abrupt environmental changes that lead to biodiversity loss.Yet,some animal species can handle these changes,and thrive in such artifcial environments.One po...
Funding was provided by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT)through the Infraestructura project(205945);the Ciencia de Frontera project(137748);the Cátedras CONACyT project(883);by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(UNAM).M.H.received PhD scholarship(967648);S.H.-P.,postdoctoral grant(929602)from CONACyT.
Diet composition and its ecological drivers are rarely investigated in coexisting closely related species.We used a molecular approach to characterize the seasonal variation in diet composition in four spiny lizard sp...
supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No.2217826;This work was also supported by the OhioWesleyan University Summer Science Research Program,the Small Grant Program,and a Theory-to-Practice Grant.S.S.received support from a Roger Conant Grants-in-Herpetology award from the Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians and P.L.V;was supported by a Travel Grant from the Midwestern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation;K.M.B.was supported by an NSF PRFB(Award No.2109710).
Many species exhibit color polymorphisms which have distinct physiological and behavioral characteristics.However,the consistency of morph trait covariation patterns across species,time,and ecological contexts remains...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(2022NSFSC0125);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071544,31770568,and 32271737);the Qinghai Natural Science Fund Innovation Team Project(2021-ZJ-902);the Interdisciplinary Innovation Team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)“Light ofWest China”Program(xbzgzdsys-202207).
The plateau environments are typically arid,cool,and high altitude,posing formidable challenges to wildlife survival due to resource scarcity and harsh conditions.Unraveling ecological adaptability in severe condition...
Escape behavior is a common antipredator strategy among wild animals.Here,we investigated the effect of four factors on the vigilance behavior of the endemic Cyprus rock agama(Laudakia cypriaca).Flight initiation dist...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971545 and 32271734).
Nested subset pattern(nestedness)is an important part of the theoretical framework of island biogeography and community ecology.However,most previous studies often used nestedness metrics or randomization algorithms t...
The authors thank Dr.Luc Dendooven for his valuable comments on the manuscript,and Estación Científica La Malinche and Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta for access and logistic support.This research was funded by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT),Ciencia de Frontera(project number:137748);Infraestructura(project number:205945);the Cátedras CONACyT program(project number:883).M.H.received a Ph.D.scholarship number:967648 and S.H-.P.a postdoctoral grant number:929602 by CONACyT.This article is a requirement for obtaining a Ph.D.degree of the first author.
Fecal samples or cloacal swabs are preferred over lethal dissections to study vertebrate gut microbiota for ethical reasons,but it remains unclear which nonlethal methods provide more accurate information about gut mi...