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Read more about the article Tortoises in invaded habitats: do thermal changes affect their performance?
Example of a study site with native renosterveld habitat in the foreground and invasive non-native Acacia and Eucalyptus trees in the background. (Photo credit: Raquel A. Garcia)
2025 / News

Tortoises in invaded habitats: do thermal changes affect their performance?

Study investigates the effect of thermal changes on the performance of tortoises.

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1 April 2025
Read more about the article Novel climate predictors of reptile performance at global scales
Cape dwarf chameleon Bradypodion pumilum
2011 / Highlighted papers

Novel climate predictors of reptile performance at global scales

The determination of best climatic predictors of whole-organismal performance is essential to improve current and forecast impacts of climate change on organisms. Most of the emphasis on global climate change and its effects on organismal performance concerns mean temperature conditions despite known changes in other climatic variables such as precipitation, cloud cover and temperature variability.

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6 May 2011