Latest desert iguana research
Newest papers on Dipsosaurus dorsalis in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- Implications of the Last Glacial Maximum on the Genetic Diversity of Six Co‐Distributed Taxa in the Baja California Peninsula
Márquez‐Márquez A, Martínez‐Rincón RO, Hernández‐Guzmán R et al. · Journal of biogeography · 2025-04
- Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji.
Scarpetta SG, Fisher RN, Karin BR et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025-03 · open access
- Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis (Northern Desert Iguana). Diplochory.
Jeffrey M. Lemm, Christopher Letourneau, and Nicholas Letourneau · Herpetological Review · 2024-01
- Living on the edge: Glucocorticoid physiology in desert iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is predicted by distance from an anthropogenic disturbance, body condition, and population density.
Malisch JL, Garland T Jr, Claggett L et al. · General and comparative endocrinology · 2020-03
- Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Desert Iguana). Circumduction.
Herpetological Review · 2020-01
- Genetic variation across trophic levels: A test of the correlation between population size and genetic diversity in sympatric desert lizards.
Rutherford EM, Ontano A, Kantor C et al. · PloS one · 2019-12 · open access
Understanding the causes of genetic variation in real populations has been elusive. Competing theories claim that neutral vs. selective processes have a greater influence on the genetic variation within a population. A key difference among theories is the relationship between population size and…
- Among-Individual Variation in Desert Iguanas (Squamata: Dipsosaurus dorsalis): Endurance Capacity Is Positively Related to Home Range Size.
Singleton JM, Garland T Jr · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2018-01
- Phylogeography and Ecological Niche Modeling of the Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis, Baird & Girard 1852) in the Baja California Peninsula.
Valdivia-Carrillo T, García-De León FJ, Blázquez MC et al. · The Journal of heredity · 2017-09
- Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Desert Iguana). Urban habitats.
James M. Vernon · Herpetological Review · 2015-01
- Fiber-type composition in the perivertebral musculature of lizards: Implications for the evolution of the diapsid trunk muscles.
Moritz S, Schilling N · Journal of morphology · 2012-10
- Patterns of occurrence of reptiles across a sand dune landscape
Barrows CW, Allen MF · Journal of Arid Environments. · 2010-02
- Contributions to elevated metabolism during recovery: dissecting the excess postexercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) in the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis).
Hancock TV, Gleeson TT · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2007-11
- The energetic savings of sleep versus temperature in the Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) at three ecologically relevant temperatures.
Revell TK, Dunbar SG · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2007-06
- Metabolic support of moderate activity differs from patterns seen after extreme behavior in the desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
Donovan ER, Gleeson TT · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2006-02
- Intermittent locomotor activity that increases endurance also increases metabolic costs in the desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis).
Hancock TV, Gleeson TT · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2005-03
- Locomotion of lizards on inclines and perches: hindlimb kinematics of an arboreal specialist and a terrestrial generalist.
Higham TE, Jayne BC · The Journal of experimental biology · 2004-01
- The effect of oxygen and adenosine on lizard thermoregulation.
Petersen AM, Gleeson TT, Scholnick DA · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2003-05
- The effects of speed on the in vivo activity and length of a limb muscle during the locomotion of the iguanian lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
Nelson FE, Jayne BC · The Journal of experimental biology · 2001-10
- Lizards, lipids, and dietary links to animal function.
Simandle ET, Espinoza RE, Nussear KE et al. · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2001-09
- Effect of activity duration on recovery and metabolic costs in the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis).
Hancock TV, Adolph SC, Gleeson TT · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2001-08
- Roles of lactate and catecholamines in the energetics of brief locomotion in an ectothermic vertebrate.
Nedrow JM, Scholnick DA, Gleeson TT · Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2001-04
- Ion secretion by salt glands of desert iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis).
Hazard LC · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2001-01
- Size matters: ontogenetic variation in the three-dimensional kinematics of steady-speed locomotion in the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
Irschick DJ, Jayne BC · The Journal of experimental biology · 2000-07
- Activity before exercise influences recovery metabolism in the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
Scholnick DA, Gleeson TT · The Journal of experimental biology · 2000-06
- The roles of acidosis and lactate in the behavioral hypothermia of exhausted lizards.
Wagner EL, Scholnick DA, Gleeson TT · The Journal of experimental biology · 1999-02
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