Maria Thaker

This study quantifies sleep patterns in wild lizards from urban and rural environments and finds limited variation in sleep expression despite environmental differences.

This study finds that plumage color similarity drives the formation of mixed-species bird flocks globally, with birds in flocks being more color-similar than expected by chance.

This study examines how diet affects antipredator behavior and physiology in lizards, finding that high NPE diets lead to riskier perch choices during safe periods and higher corticosterone levels in low NPE diets.

This study assesses how urbanization affects thermal tolerance in two tropical lizards by analyzing microhabitat temperatures and physiological responses.

The paper examines how predator removal by fisheries affects reef fish behavior, finding that fish in protected areas show increased vigilance and altered foraging and movement behaviors in response to predator models.

This study meta-analyzes 30 years of research on how wild animals respond behaviorally to human interactions, finding that lethal activities cause significant changes while non-lethal ones have mixed effects.

The paper examines how multiple signaling traits in lizards correlate with physiological factors and social behavior, finding both redundancy and distinct signaling roles.