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A biogeographic reversal in sexual size dimorphism along a continental temperature gradient (2018)
Journal Article
Tarr, S., Meiri, S., Hicks, J. J., & Algar, A. C. (2019). A biogeographic reversal in sexual size dimorphism along a continental temperature gradient. Ecography, 42(4), 706-716. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03593

© 2018 The Authors The magnitude and direction of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) varies greatly across the animal kingdom, reflecting differential selection pressures on the reproductive and/or ecological roles of males and females. If the selection pr... Read More about A biogeographic reversal in sexual size dimorphism along a continental temperature gradient.

Remote sensing restores predictability of ectotherm body temperature in the world’s forests (2018)
Journal Article
Algar, A. C., Morley, K., & Boyd, D. S. (2018). Remote sensing restores predictability of ectotherm body temperature in the world’s forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(12), 1412-1425. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12811

AIM: Rising global temperatures are predicted to increase ectotherms’ body temperatures, benefitting some species but threatening others. Biophysical models predict a key role for shade in buffering these effects, but the difficulty of measuring shad... Read More about Remote sensing restores predictability of ectotherm body temperature in the world’s forests.

Climatic and evolutionary factors shaping geographical gradients of species richness in Anolis lizards (2018)
Journal Article
Velasco, J. A., Villalobos, F., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., Algar, A. C., Flores-Villela, O., Köhler, G., …Martínez-Meyer, E. (2018). Climatic and evolutionary factors shaping geographical gradients of species richness in Anolis lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(3), 615-627. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx160

Understanding the climatic and historical factors shaping species richness is a major goal of ecology and biogeography. Consensus on how climate affects species richness is still lacking, but four potential and non-exclusive explanations have emerged... Read More about Climatic and evolutionary factors shaping geographical gradients of species richness in Anolis lizards.