Vitt / Pianka Lizard Ecology

Historical and Experimental Perspectives
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6394-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 290, 416 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Vitt, Laurie J.

Pianka, Eric R.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors

Introduction and Acknowledgments

1 Measuring Trade-offs: A Review of Studies of Costs of Reproduction in Lizards 7

2 Understanding Geographic Life-History Variation in Lizards 31

3 Lizard Egg Environments 51

4 Experimental Tests of Reproductive Allocation Paradigms 73

5 Prey Chemical Discrimination, Foraging Mode, and Phylogeny 95

6 Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Lizard Territoriality 117

7 Mate Limitation in Male Norops humilis 145

8 Population Dynamics and Pair Fidelity in Sleepy Lizards 159

9 Determinants of Dispersal Behavior: The Common Lizard as a Case Study 183

10 Covariation between Morphology and Locomotory Performance in Sceloporine Lizards 207

11 Phylogenetic Analyses of Lizard Endurance Capacity in Relation to Body Size and Body Temperature 237

12 Long-Term Population Fluctuations of a Tropical Lizard: A Test of Causality 267

13 Spatial and Temporal Variation in Structure of a Diverse Lizard Assemblage in Arid Australia 287

14 Historical Contingency and Lizard Community Ecology 319

References 335

Author Index 389

Species Index 397