183 Lizards Disrupting Dinner

Herpetological Highlights

A wildly ambitious study which fundamentally alters the ecology of islands? Count us in.

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Main Paper References:

Lapiedra O, Morales N, Yang LH, Fernández‐Bellon D, Michaelides SN, Giery ST, Piovia‐Scott J, Schoener TW, Kolbe JJ, Losos JB. 2023. Predator‐driven behavioural shifts in a common lizard shape resource‐flow from marine to terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters:ele.14335. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14335.

Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:

Kim KS, Lockley MG, Lim JD, Bae SM, Romilio A. 2020. Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea. Scientific Reports 10:8680. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66008-7.

Other Links/Mentions:

Amos J. 2020. Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that “ran like an ostrich.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53011567

Barbados frogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LdK6JQUNyw

Editing and Music:

Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10

Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson

Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy

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