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Lizards and landscapes: integrating field surveys and interviews to assess the impact of human disturbance on lizard assemblages and selected reptiles in a savanna in South Africa

Authors: Rhett Smart, Martin J. Whiting, Wayne Twine

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: biodiversity, disturbance, ecosystems, human-impact, lizards, reptiles, savanna, south africa, traditional medicine

Year: 2005

Spatial Distribution of a Population of Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum: Phrynosomatidae) Relative to Habitat and Prey

Authors: Martin J. Whiting, James R. Dixon, Roy C. Murray

Publication/Journal: The Southwestern Naturalist

Keywords: habitat, horned lizard, pogonomyrmex barbatus, spatial distribution

Year: 1993

Exploratory and antipredator behaviours differ between territorial and nonterritorial male lizards

Authors: Jessica Stapley, J. Scott Keogh

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: eulamprus heatwolei, exploratory behavior, exploratory behaviour, floater, predator avoidaince, territorial, water skinks

Year: 2004

Habitat Suitability for Reptiles in the Goravan Sands Sanctuary, Armenia

Authors: Tigran L. Tadevosyan

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Keywords: abundance, armenia, habitat suitability, interpolation maps, reptiles, species diversity

Year: 2006

The use of classical and operant conditioning in training aldabra tortoises (Geochelone gigantea) for venipuncture and other husbandry issues

Authors: Emily Weiss, Sandra Wilson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: aldabra tortoises, bird, geochelone gigantea, operant conditioning, positive reinforcement, reptile, target, venipuncture, zoo

Year: 2003

Influence of environmental humidity and dietary protein on pyramidal growth of carapaces in African spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcata)

Authors: C. S. Wiesner, C. Iben

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Keywords: animal welfare, captive, carapace, dietary protein level, geochelone sulcata, humidity, management, testudinidae, tortoise

Year: 2003

The Effects of Social Experience on Aggressive Behavior in the Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: Eun-Jin Yang, Steven M. Phelps, David Crews, Walter Wilczynski

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: aggression, anolis carolinensis, body color, dominance, eyespot darkness, green anole lizrd, stress, territoriality

Year: 2001

Serum testosterone in captive male rhinoceros: Effects of season, age, stress, and sociosexual environment

Authors: Bruce W. Christensen

Publication/Journal: Reproductive Physiology: College of Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: breeding, captive, cortisol, eia, elisa, endangered, enzyme immunoassay, free-ranging, management, reproductive physiology, rhinoceros, testosterone, thesis

Year: 2007

Ceratotherium simum

Authors: Colin P. Groves

Publication/Journal: Mammalian Species

Keywords: rhino, rhinoceros, white rhinoceros

Year: 1972

Diceros bicornis

Authors: A.K. Kes Hillman-Smith, Colin P. Groves

Publication/Journal: Mammalian Species

Keywords: black rhinoceros

Year: 1994