This blog post is provided by Felipe A. Toro-Cardona, Juan L. Parra and Octavio R. Rojas-Soto and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Predicting daily activity time through ecological niche modeling and microclimatic data”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper they explore how the Gila monster’s daily activity is impacted by microclimate, and find that daily activity varies between seasons, … Continue reading Using microclimatic data and niche modeling to predict the daily activity of a desert lizard