Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

06 Mar, 08 AM - 08 Mar, 03 AM

Deploying HOBO dataloggers in Xantusia habitat on the reserve to record microclimate data. These data will be used to calculate local extinction risk due to climate change for populations of X. vigilis and X. henshawi. We will be investigating climate change impacts on lizard populations on the Sweeney Granite Mountains Reserve and adjacent National Parks (Death Valley) and Bureau of Land Managment sites. We will be focusing on the side-blotched lizard, western fence lizard, alligator lizards, and night lizards. We will deploy data loggers at sites around southern and central California, index the lizards for parasite load, and estimate climate change impacts on thermal preference and lay date. The results from this study will be used to calibrate a recently published model of climate-forced extinctions in lizards (Sinervo et al. 2010, Science).

Visit #24457 @Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

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Under Project # 23288 | Research

Climate change impacts on lizards

faculty - University of California, Santa Cruz

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Barry Sinervo Mar 6 - 8, 2011 (3 days)

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