Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards : Analyses of the Ecological Niche and Community Structure /

Eric Pianka offers a synthesis of his life's work on the comparative ecology of lizard assemblages in the Great Basin. Mojave and Sonoran deserts of western North America, the Kalahari semi-desert of southern Africa, and the Great Victoria desert of Western Australia.Originally published in 198...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pianka, Eric R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5153
Temas:
Biotic communities.
Desert animals > Ecology.
Lizards > Ecology.
Niche (Ecology).
Reptiles > Ecology.
SCIENCE / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Notes on the Line Drawings
  • 1. Three Independently Evolved Desert-Lizard Systems
  • 2. Productivity, Climatic Stability, and Predictability
  • 3. Thermal Relations, Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Activity
  • 4. Modes of Foraging and Trophic Relationships
  • 5. Reproductive Tactics
  • 6. Natural History Miscellanea
  • 7. Analysis of Community Structure: Theory and Methods
  • 8. Empirical Results: Community Organization
  • 9. Games Computers Play: Pseudo-Communities
  • 10. Dynamics: An Area Revisited
  • 11. Anatomical Correlates of Ecology
  • 12. Conclusions and Prospects for Further Work
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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