@inproceedings{b1f32bcf2b084569bc3425ad0d9e9d9a,
title = "Understanding lizard's microhabitat use based on a mechanistic model of behavioral thermoregulation",
abstract = "Lizards are an {"}excellent group of organisms{"} to examine the habitat and microhabitat use mainly because their ecology and physiology is well studied. Due to their behavioral body temperature regulation, the thermal environment is especially linked with their habitat use. In this study, for mapping and understanding lizard's distribution at microhabitat scale, an individual of Timon Lepidus was kept and monitored in a terrarium (245×120×115cm) in which sand, rocks, burrows, hatching chambers, UV-lamps, fog generators and heating devices were placed to simulate its natural habitat. Optical cameras, thermal cameras and other data loggers were fixed and recording the lizard's body temperature, ground surface temperature, air temperature, radiation and other important environmental parameters. By analysis the data collected, we propose a Cellular Automata (CA) model by which the movement of lizards is simulated and translated into their distribution. This paper explores the capabilities of applying GIS techniques to thermoregulatory activity studies in a microhabitat-scale. We conclude that microhabitat use of lizards can be explained in some degree by the rule based CA model.",
keywords = "cellular automata, GIS, lizard, microhabitat, thermal property",
author = "Teng Fei and Valentijn Venus and Bert Toxopeus and Skidmore, {Andrew K.} and Martin Schlerf and Yaolin Liu and {Van Overdijk}, Sjef and Meng Bian",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1117/12.815981",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819475459",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Deren Li and Jianya Gong and Huayi Wu",
booktitle = "International Conference on Earth Observation Data Processing and Analysis (ICEODPA)",
address = "United States",
}