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Temperature-based activity estimation accurately predicts surface activity, but not microhabitat use, in the Endangered heliothermic lizard Gambelia sila

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  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA & Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93401-0401, USA
  • 2. Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93401-0401, USA
  • 3. Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J1P3 CANADA
  • 4. US Bureau of Land Management, Central Coast Field Office, Marina, California 93933, USA

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Ivey, Kathleen N., Cornwall, Margaret B., Gaudenti, Nicole, Maier, Paul H., Ghazian, Nargol, Owen, Malory, Nix, Emmeleia, Zuliani, Mario, Lortie, Christopher J., Westphal, Michael F., Taylor, Emily N. (2022): Temperature-based activity estimation accurately predicts surface activity, but not microhabitat use, in the Endangered heliothermic lizard Gambelia sila. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e300) 16 (1): 25-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12761514

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