Reptiles

Reptiles inhabiting shrub-steppe ecosystems of the Intermountain West have adapted to harsh, unpredictable desert conditions, yet recent changes in disturbance regimes may put species at risk. In southwest Idaho, cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum ) has altered the fire regime resulti…

Habitat degradation is increasing at an alarming rate. In order to better understand and predict the impacts of habitat degradation, components of the study organisms' ecology and natural history often need to be known. In the first chapter, I examine the mechanisms of coexisten…

Libyan herpetology weakened after mid-1930, and has only recently begun strengthening again. Because of this, there are no large scale references specific to Libya that allow researchers to quickly browse the species present and their distribution across the country. For this pu…