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Time of activity is a better predictor of the distribution of a tropical lizard than pure environmental temperatures

Daily variation in environmental temperatures can limit the amount of time lizards have to perform important activities, such as foraging or mating. We compare a number of methodological choices for the spatial estimation of lizard’s thermally constrained activity times, and compare their power to predict the distribution of a tropical lizard with pure environmental temperatures. Our results show that activity time can be a better predictor of distribution than environmental temperatures, if adequate methodology is used for its estimation. The use of such biologically derived predictors might increase the realism of spatial models, allowing better understanding lizard’s biogeography and how climate change affects their distribution. Sy nt he si s