Jimmy W. Wehsener

ORCID: 0000-0003-2025-1010
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  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Mississippi State University
2022-2025

Abstract Ecotourism promises to reconcile wildlife conservation and human development if negative impacts of visitation associated infrastructure can be minimized. Animal behavior studies used identify individual population responses anthropogenic before other fitness consequences are documented. With input from professionals in animal ecotourism, we identified key questions needed better understand the impact ecotourism on wildlife. Activity budgets, foraging, movement, stress, habituation,...

10.1111/csp2.13306 article EN cc-by Conservation Science and Practice 2025-02-13

In recent years, substantial variation in foraging behavior has been documented lizards, including within and between closely related species. However, the exceptionally variable Gekkota still suffers from low sampling effort historical averaging of mode values across taxonomic levels. Herein, we address gap modes geckos by parsing out environmental morphological sources diurnal arboreal gecko, Phelsuma laticauda. Foraging was examined at two sites on island Mo'orea, French Polynesia. fall...

10.1670/21-030 article EN Journal of Herpetology 2022-11-29
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