Lizards adapt their behavior, diet, and morphology around humans

What is it about?

This paper documents significant changes in the behavior, diet, and morphology of an abundant lizard in Greece living in human-dominated landscapes. It demonstrates that in human contexts it fundamentally changes its ecological role and substantially varies in important physical traits. This study shows that humans can have a significant impact on animals and broader ecological dynamics.

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Why is it important?

As humans increasingly change landscapes it is important to investigate whether and to what extent species change in tandem. I demonstrated that this species can and does change with significant cascading effects to the broader ecosystem.