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Iguanas : Biology and Conservation
In what is certain to be the key reference on iguanas for years to come, some of the world's leading experts offer a clear and accessible account of the latest research on the evolution, behavioral ecology, and conservation of these highly visible and increasingly endangered creatures, much lov...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1: IGUANA RESEARCH: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD; Part I: Diversity; INTRODUCTION; 2: THE EVOLUTION OF IGUANAS: AN OVERVIEW OF RELATIONSHIPS AND A CHECKLIST OF SPECIES; 3: GENETIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARIBBEAN IGUANA CONSERVATION; 4: GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ROCK IGUANA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION; 5: TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE GALPAGOS IGUANAS: A MOLECULAR APPROACH; 6: SODIUM AND POTASSIUM SECRETION BY IGUANA SALT GLANDS: ACCLIMATION OR ADAPTATION?; Part II: Behavior and Ecology; INTRODUCTION.
- 7: behavior and ecology of rock iguanas, i: evidence for an appeasement display8: behavior and ecology of rock iguanas, ii: population differences; 9: sexually dimorphic antipredator behavior in juvenile green iguanas: kin selection in the form of fraternal care?; 10: determinants of lek mating success in male galpagos marine iguanas: behavior, body size, condition, ornamentation, ectoparasite load, and female choi.