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Overview

Laurie J. Vitt is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their academic work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics such as Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Laurie J. Vitt has authored recent papers published in a range of academic journals. Notable publications include:

  • The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes, 2024, Science
  • Not withering on the evolutionary vine: systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution, 2020, Organisms Diversity & Evolution
  • A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour, 2024, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • How do lizard niches conserve, diverge or converge? Further exploration of saurian evolutionary ecology, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • An inventory of online reptile images, 2020, Zootaxa

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors including Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Gabriel C. Costa, Eric R. Pianka, and Lucas Cavalcanti. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with researchers specializing in related fields.

The publication venues that frequently feature Laurie J. Vitt's work include the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Science, and Organisms Diversity & Evolution. This spread indicates contributions to both general and specialized scientific outlets.

Best Publications

  • Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Declining Amphibian Populations: The Problem of Separating Human Impacts from Natural Fluctuations

    Joseph H. K. Pechmann;David E. Scott;Raymond D. Semlitsch;Janalee P. Caldwell

  • Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming

    Raymond B. Huey;Curtis A. Deutsch;Joshua J. Tewksbury;Laurie J. Vitt

  • Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity

    Eric R Pianka;Laurie J Vitt

  • Répteis das caatingas

    P. E. Vanzolini;Ana Maria M. Ramos-Costa;Laurie J. Vitt

  • Body Shape, Reproductive Effort, and Relative Clutch Mass in Lizards: Resolution of a Paradox

    Laurie J. Vitt;Justin D. Congdon

  • The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees.

    R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink;Guarino R. Colli;Adrian Nieto Montes de Oca

  • Sexual Selection Versus Alternative Causes of Sexual Dimorphism in Teiid Lizards

    Roger A. Anderson;Laurie J. Vitt

  • History and the global ecology of squamate reptiles

    Laurie J. Vitt;Eric R. Pianka;William E. Cooper;Kurt Schwenk

  • Distribution, extent, and evolution of plant consumption by lizards

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt

  • Amphibians as harbingers of decay

    Laurie J. Vitt;Janalee P. Caldwell;Henry M. Wilbur;David C. Smith

  • Lizard Ecology: Historical and Experimental Perspectives

    Laurie J. Vitt;Eric R. Pianka

  • Ecology of a Snake Community in Northeastern Brazil

    Larry D. Vangilder;Laurie J. Vitt

  • The evolution of sexual dimorphism in the skink Eumeces laticeps: an example of sexual selection

    Laurie J. Vitt;William E. Cooper

  • An introduction to the ecology of cerrado lizards

    Laurie J. Vitt

  • Geckos: Adaptive Significance and Energetics of Tail Autotomy

    J. D. Congdon;L. J. Vitt;W. W. King

  • Deep history impacts present-day ecology and biodiversity.

    Laurie J. Vitt;Eric R. Pianka

  • Adaptive Strategies and Energetics of Tail Autonomy in Lizards

    Laurie J. Vitt;Justin D. Congdon;Nancy A. Dickson

  • Coming to America: multiple origins of New World geckos.

    Tony Gamble;Aaron M Bauer;Guarino R Colli;Eli Greenbaum

  • Locomotor impairment and defense in gravid lizards (Eumeces laticeps): behavioral shift in activity may offset costs of reproduction in an active forager

    William E. Cooper;Laurie J. Vitt;Richard Hedges;Raymond B. Huey

Frequent Co-Authors

Janalee P. Caldwell
Janalee P. Caldwell University of Oklahoma
William E. Cooper
William E. Cooper Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Eric R. Pianka
Eric R. Pianka The University of Texas at Austin
Guarino R. Colli
Guarino R. Colli University of Brasília
Stephen R. Goldberg
Stephen R. Goldberg Whittier College
Valentín Pérez-Mellado
Valentín Pérez-Mellado University of Salamanca
Gabriel C. Costa
Gabriel C. Costa Auburn University at Montgomery
Frank T. Burbrink
Frank T. Burbrink American Museum of Natural History
Justin D. Congdon
Justin D. Congdon University of Georgia
Kirk O. Winemiller
Kirk O. Winemiller Texas A&M University

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