Restoration as science: Case of the collared lizard
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Biologist Alan Templeton fell in love with the eastern collared lizard that lives in the hot, dry Ozark glades when he was 13. By the time he returned from graduate and postgraduate work, 75 percent of the lizard populations had vanished. A new article celebrates the success of his prolonged effort to reintroduce the lizards and make their populations self-sustaining.