scholarly journals Hot Habitats in Britain

Oryx ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. C. Beebee
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Sand Lizard

Britain has a mainly temperate climate, but there are some hot habitats, such as sand dunes, heathlands and shallow-water areas, which may be vital to the survival of certain species – Dartford warbler, sand lizard, natterjack toad are examples. The author suggests it is therefore vital to conserve extensive examples of these habitats to preserve the wildlife that depends on them. Unfortunately they are habitats that have suffered considerable destruction.

scholarly journals Red Light for the Sand Lizard in Britain

Oryx ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Full Time ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Sand Lizard ◽  
The Way

The sand lizard in Britain is well on the way to extinction, thanks to the destruction of its favoured habitats – sand dunes and dry heath. The author, who has been engaged in full-time research on the surviving populations, has started breeding sand lizards in captivity, using animals taken from sites that are being destroyed, and hopes to reintroduce them in protected areas.

WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF CROPS AT SHALLOW WATER TABLES IN A TEMPERATE CLIMATE

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Mueller ◽  
A. Behrendt ◽  
G. Schalitz ◽  
U. Schindler
Keyword(s):  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Water Tables ◽  
Use Efficiency

Vegetation Refuges of a Sand Lizard Assemblage in Temperate Coastal Sand Dunes

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 608-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Block ◽  
Laura E. Vega ◽  
Oscar A. Stellatelli
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Coastal Sand Dunes ◽  
Sand Lizard ◽  
Coastal Sand

scholarly journals Annual activity of the lizard Liolaemus occipitalis (Squamata, Liolaemidae) in the coastal sand dunes of southern Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clóvis S. Bujes ◽  
Laura Verrastro
Keyword(s):  
Activity Pattern ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Seasonal Activity ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Coastal Sand Dunes ◽  
Sand Lizard ◽  
Annual Activity ◽  
Coastal Sand ◽  
Behavioral Mechanisms

The activity pattern of the small sand lizard, Liolaemus occipitalis Boulenger, 1885, was investigated in the coastal sand dunes at Quintão beach (Palmares do Sul, southern, Brazil), between September 1998 and August 1999. The results showed that L. occipitalis is active all along the year, but with variations in its daily and seasonal activity patterns associated to climatic changes in the habitat. Lizard activity pattern was distributed as follows: under the sand, burrowed (73%), under vegetation (14%), dislocation (7%) and basking (6%). Mean habitat temperatures (air and substrate) were significantly different. The results indicate that L. occipitalis is a thigmothermic and heliothermic species that regulates its body temperature through behavioral mechanisms, and that thermoregulation is mainly associated with substrate.

scholarly journals Thermal biology of Liolaemus occipitalis (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in the coastal sand dunes of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2006 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 945-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Bujes ◽  
L. Verrastro
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Coastal Sand Dunes ◽  
Mean Body Temperature ◽  
Thermal Biology ◽  
Sand Lizard ◽  
Seasonal Basis ◽  
Coastal Sand

The thermal biology of the small sand lizard, Liolaemus occipitalis, was studied in the coastal sand dunes at Quintão Beach (Palmares do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 30° 24' S and 50° 17' W), between September, 1998 and August, 1999. Liolaemus occipitalis presented a mean body temperature of 30.89 °C (SD = 4.43 °C; min = 16.4 °C; max = 40.2 °C; N = 270), that varied on a daily and seasonal basis according to microhabitat thermal alterations. The substrate temperature was the main heat source for thermoregulation of L. occipitalis as in all seasons of the year it was responsible for the animals' temperature variation (82% of the collected lizards in the spring; 60% in the summer; 84% in the fall and 68% in the winter). The results indicate that L. occipitalis is a saxicolous, thigmothermic and heliothermic species that regulates its body temperature through behavioral mechanisms.

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