Search Results - "KIRCHHOF, Sebastian"
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Mitogenome analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of a probable Eocene wet tropics relic in the xerophile lizard genus Acanthodactylus
Published in Scientific reports (01-03-2021)“…Climate has a large impact on diversity and evolution of the world's biota. The Eocene-Oligocene transition from tropical climate to cooler, drier environments…”
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Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species
Published in Zoosystematics and Evolution (23-04-2021)“…The lacertid genus Pedioplanis is a moderately speciose group of small-bodied, cryptically-colored lizards found in arid habitats throughout southern Africa…”
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Biomimetic fracture model of lizard tail autotomy
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (18-02-2022)“…Lizard tail autotomy is an antipredator strategy consisting of sturdy attachment at regular times but quick detachment during need. We propose a biomimetic…”
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Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards
Published in Nature communications (09-09-2019)“…Climatic conditions changing over time and space shape the evolution of organisms at multiple levels, including temperate lizards in the family Lacertidae…”
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Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-06-2022)“…Understanding the genomic basis of adaptation to different abiotic environments is important in the context of climate change and resulting short‐term…”
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Climate change, thermal niches, extinction risk and maternal‐effect rescue of toad‐headed lizards, Phrynocephalus, in thermal extremes of the Arabian Peninsula to the Qinghai—Tibetan Plateau
Published in Integrative zoology (01-07-2018)“…Determining the susceptibility of species to changing thermal niches is a major goal for biologists. In this paper we develop an eco‐physiological model of…”
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Mitogenome analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of a probable Eocene wet tropics relic in the xerophilic lizard genus Acanthodactylus
Published in Scientific reports (01-03-2021)“…Climate has a large impact on diversity and evolution of the world’s biota. The Eocene–Oligocene transition from tropical climate to cooler, drier environments…”
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Thermoregulatory behavior and high thermal preference buffer impact of climate change in a Namib Desert lizard
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-12-2017)“…Knowledge of the thermal ecology of a species can improve model predictions for temperature‐induced population collapse, which in light of climate change is…”
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Foraging mode of Australolacerta rupicola (FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae): evidence of seasonal variation in an extremely active predator?
Published in Journal of natural history (15-11-2010)“…Foraging mode of the endemic Soutpansberg rock lizard (Australolacerta rupicola) was determined by (1) measuring the number of movements per minute (MPM) and…”
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