Ian T. Clifton Data-verified
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Ian T. Clifton's research investigates physiological and behavioral adaptations in reptiles and snakes to environmental conditions. His work examines how factors such as temperature variability and habitat urbanization influence thermal tolerance, growth rates, and coloration in various species. Clifton has studied the behavioral interactions between anole lizards in their nonnative range and explored the energetic costs associated with compensation for increased environmental temperatures in desert lizards. He also investigates physiological plasticity, such as heterothermy, in snakes. His publications include research on the accuracy of 3D printed models for quantifying thermal environments and the evolutionary loss of male-specific coloration in certain lizard species, linking it to androgen receptor expression. Clifton's work contributes to understanding species' responses to environmental change and anthropogenic impacts.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 18
- Citations: 162
Selected Publications
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Ecological overlap and divergence in natural and urbanized habitats in two species of sympatric anoles (2026)
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Variable juvenile growth rates and offspring size: a response to anthropogenic shifts in prey size among populations (2024)
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Evolutionary Loss of Male-Specific Coloration Is Associated with the Loss of Androgen Receptor Expression in Skin of <i>Sceloporus</i> Lizards (2024)
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Here comes the sun: Thermoregulatory behavior in ectotherms illuminated by light‐level geolocators (2024)
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3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments (2023)
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