Andes

Climate change is evident in countries of South America, including Chile, and computer models predict temperature increases into the next century. Montane taxa show upward range extensions associated with warming temperatures, but it has been definitively shown in lizards only in a few studies. Despite the likelihood of this phenomenon, there has been no test of the hypothesis of upslope range extension associated with recent rapid temperature increases in lizards of the temperate Andes. Chile is an extremely mountainous country with an impressive diversity of montane lizards. This study is the first to test the idea of climate linked upward range shifts in lizards of the temperate Andes. Our results will address elevational range shifts in the central region of Chile where other anthropogenic stressors are also in evidence. We will pinpoint what species are shifting their LiolaemusWRWRelevations upward as a consequence of recent rapid increase in ambient temperatures and relate those shifts to natural features that could amplify extinction risks, like reduced space upward in a local sense, lack of essential habitat, presence of superior competitors and novel predators; and anthropogenic activities that could increase extinction risks, like mining, forestry, and real estate development. Also, we will determine if the species have evolved morphologically in response to climate change, controlling for changes in land use. The second step of our research program is to conduct intensive population surveys of those species that have moved upward into new habitat to appraise their conservation status and implement conservation action as necessary.

HermanHerman Núñez

Herman is now retired, but he was the Curator of Vertebrates of the Chilean National Museum of Natural History in Santiago, Chile.  He is the world's authority on the herpetofauna of Chile.

hermannunez53@gmail.com

 

 

 

FelipeFelipe Rodríguez

Felipe is Professor of Biology at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico in Toluca, Mexico and studies all sorts of aspects of the evolutionary ecology of reptiles.

 fjrr@uaemex.mx

 

 

Troy2Troy Baird

Troy is a Profesor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Central Oklahoma.  He works with the behavioral ecology of collared lizards.

http://www.biology.uco.edu/PersonalPages/bairdweb/tbaird.htm

 

 

 

JerryJerry Husak

Jerry is an Associate Professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnsota.  He is interested in how natural and sexual selection shape physiological and morphological traits, especially performance traits.  Jerry was my former PhD student.

http://jerryhusak.weebly.com/index.html

 

 DanielDaniel Pincheira-Donoso

Daniel is Lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at Queen's University in Belfast. Daniel is an evolutionary biologist interested in selection theory, ecology and genetics of adaptations, macroecology, life history evolution, and climate change biology, related especially to lizards.

https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/daniel-pincheira-donoso

 

DayDay Ligon

Day is Associate Professor of Biology at Missouri State University.  He is interested in physiological ecology and conservation of reptiles, with an emphasis on turtles.

http://biology.missouristate.edu/137611.htm

 

 

RonRonald Van Den Bussche

Ron is a Regents Professor of Integrative Biology at Oklaoma State University.  He is a molecular geneticist who addresses phylogenetic, phylogeographic, or population genetic questions in mammals, especially bats.

http://zoology.okstate.edu/people/faculty/8-people/faculty/31-ronald-a-van-den-bussche

 

Matt LovernMatthew Lovern

Matt is Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University.  He is a behavioral endocrinologist who studies maternal effects, focusing on maternal steroid deposition into yolk as a potential means of influencing offspring phenotype, especially in lizards.

http://zoology.okstate.edu/people/faculty/8-people/faculty/24-matthew-b-lovern

 

JenJennifer Grindstaff

Jen is Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University. She is a behavioral ecologist who works in ecological immunology, integrating field and laboratory work to explore how ecological and physiological parameters act and interact to influence parent and offspring phenotypes.

http://zoology.okstate.edu/people/faculty/8-people/faculty/21-jennifer-grindstaff

 

ChipDavid Leslie, Jr.

Chip is the Fish and Wildlife Co-op Unit Leader in Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University. He is involved in a multitude of wildlife research projects, including freshwater turtle conservation and ecology.

http://nrem.okstate.edu/faculty/leslie.html

 

 

Dan MoenDan Moen

Dan is a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University, arriving in the fall of 2015.  In his research, he address questions of diversification, phenotypic evolution, and community ecology, using amphibians and reptiles as study organisms.  Particularly, he studies whole-animal locomotory performance of world anurans in the context of phylogenetic comparative analyses. OSU is lucky to have him. Dan is fluent in Spanish.

http://integrativebiology.okstate.edu/people/faculty/8-people/faculty/368-dan-moen

 

ElisaElisa Cabrera-Guzmán

Elisa is a new Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University, arriving in the fall of 2015.  She studies invasive species, biological interactions, ecology of freshwater environments, community ecology, habitat fragmentation, and conservation biology, mostly in herps.  She is Mexican and bilingual in Spanish and English.

http://integrativebiology.okstate.edu/people/faculty/8-people/faculty/387-elisa-cabrera-guzman

Alligator snapping turtle
Alligator snapping turtle
Ariel
Ariel
Chicken turtle
Chicken turtle
Common snapping turtle
Common snapping turtle
Dan in kayak
Dan in kayak
Dan with alligator snapping turtle
Dan with alligator snapping turtle
Dan's truck
Dan's truck
Eric with turtles
Eric with turtles
Eric drilling crapace edge for marking
Eric drilling crapace edge for marking
Eric
Eric
Loren taking data
Loren taking data
Ouachita map turtle
Ouachita map turtle
Common map turtle
Common map turtle
Ventral view of spiny softshell
Ventral view of spiny softshell
Spiny softshell in hoop trap
Spiny softshell in hoop trap
Weighing a turtle
Weighing a turtle
Hoop trap with PIT tag reader
Hoop trap with PIT tag reader
Common snapping turtle
Common snapping turtle
Hoop trap fixed with PIT tag reader
Hoop trap fixed with PIT tag reader
Ariel radio-tracking turtles
Ariel radio-tracking turtles
box turtle project needs sorting 696
box turtle project needs sorting 696
Fenced research ponds at OSU
Fenced research ponds at OSU
Ariel removing a turtle from a hoop net
Ariel removing a turtle from a hoop net
Ariel
Ariel
Cameron
Cameron
Snapping turtle
Snapping turtle

Atelognathus patagonicus
Atelognathus patagonicus
Atelognathus patagonicus with lots of extra skin for aquatic respiration
Atelognathus patagonicus with lots of extra skin for aquatic respiration
Hike to nearby lake in Parque Nacional Laguna Blanca
Hike to nearby lake in Parque Nacional Laguna Blanca
Black-necked swans
Black-necked swans
Diplolaemus altopatagonico
Diplolaemus altopatagonico
Toward Laguna Antiñir
Toward Laguna Antiñir
Leolaemus goeschi?
Leolaemus goeschi?
Mallin Colgado
Mallin Colgado
Mata
Mata
Neneo
Neneo
Phymaturus palluma
Phymaturus palluma
Stanley with piche (little armadillo species)
Stanley with piche (little armadillo species)
 La Vega in Parque Nacional Laguna Blanca
La Vega in Parque Nacional Laguna Blanca
Susana and Stanley at abase of Araucaria
Susana and Stanley at abase of Araucaria
Black-necked swans at Laguna Verde
Black-necked swans at Laguna Verde
Laguna de Molle
Laguna de Molle
Laguna del Molle
Laguna del Molle
Horses at Laguna de Molle6
Horses at Laguna de Molle6
Laguna del Hoyo
Laguna del Hoyo
Laguna Antiñir
Laguna Antiñir
Laguna Antiñir
Laguna Antiñir
Laguna Blanca
Laguna Blanca
Laguna Blanca
Laguna Blanca
Sheep at Laguna Catalina
Sheep at Laguna Catalina
Laguna Jabón
Laguna Jabón
Little settlement at Laguna Jabón
Little settlement at Laguna Jabón
Laguna Verde
Laguna Verde
Young Atelognathus patagonicus
Young Atelognathus patagonicus
Ricardo and Stanley hiking into Laguna del Hoyo
Ricardo and Stanley hiking into Laguna del Hoyo
Ricardo
Ricardo
Ricardo
Ricardo
Stanley
Stanley
Stanley
Stanley
Tadpole trap
Tadpole trap
Stanley and Ricardo trekking
Stanley and Ricardo trekking
Tadpole cages
Tadpole cages
Experiment with perch predation on tadpoles
Experiment with perch predation on tadpoles
Experiment with perch predation on tadpoles
Experiment with perch predation on tadpoles
Experiment with perch predation on tadpoles
Experiment with perch predation on tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Measuring sprint speed of tadpoles
Experiment with refuge use of tadpoles
Experiment with refuge use of tadpoles
Experiment with refuge use of tadpoles
Experiment with refuge use of tadpoles
Tadpole (renacuajo)
Tadpole (renacuajo)
Araucaria trees
Araucaria trees
Lanín volcano
Lanín volcano

Matt conducting focal
Matt conducting focal
Matt beating the bushes
Matt beating the bushes
Matt and Lauren corralling a Uta
Matt and Lauren corralling a Uta
Uta oviductal eggs (wow!)
Uta oviductal eggs (wow!)
Uta predation by leopard lizard
Uta predation by leopard lizard
Portable Uta trap
Portable Uta trap
Trap in action
Trap in action
Matt's study site
Matt's study site
Desert flowers
Desert flowers
Stanley marking a Uta
Stanley marking a Uta
Yucca in dunes
Yucca in dunes
Yucca in dunes
Yucca in dunes
Scrub oak that grew tall
Scrub oak that grew tall
Desert still life
Desert still life
Desert still life
Desert still life
Whose paths crossed?
Whose paths crossed?
Whiptail tracks
Whiptail tracks
Box turlte tracks
Box turlte tracks
Dunes 1
Dunes 1
Dunes 2
Dunes 2
Dunes 3
Dunes 3
Dunes 4
Dunes 4
Dunes 5
Dunes 5
Dunes 6
Dunes 6
Sunset through yucca
Sunset through yucca
Sunset in West Texas
Sunset in West Texas