Going underground: short- and long-term movements may reveal the fossorial spatial ecology of an amphisbaenian

[Background]: The movement and spatial ecology of an animal depends on its morphological and functional adaptations to its environment. In fossorial animals, adaptations to the underground life help to face peculiar ecological challenges, very different from those of epigeal species, but may constra...

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Autores: Martín Rueda, José, Ortega, Jesús, García-Roa, Roberto, Jiménez-Robles, Octavio, Rodríguez-Ruiz, Gonzalo, Recio, Pablo, Cuervo, José Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/240251
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/240251
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Amphisbaenians
Fossorial reptiles
Movement patterns
PIT tag telemetry
Space use
Trogonophis wiegmanni
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Sumario:[Background]: The movement and spatial ecology of an animal depends on its morphological and functional adaptations to its environment. In fossorial animals, adaptations to the underground life help to face peculiar ecological challenges, very different from those of epigeal species, but may constrain their movement ability.