| Description |
vi, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Physiological ecology. Overview / by William F. Dawson. Ecological consequences of activity metabolism / Albert F. Bennett ; Ecological energetics / Kenneth A. Nagy ; Biophysical analyses of energetics, time-space utilization, and distributional limits / Warren P. Porter and C. Richard Tracy ; Lizard malaria : parasite-host ecology / Jos. J. Schall -- pt. 2. Behavioral ecology. Overview / by Rodolfo Ruibal ; The adaptive zone and behavior of lizards / Philip J. Regal ; A review of lizard chemoreception / Carol A. Simon ; Food availability and territorial establishment of juvenile Sceloporus undulatus / Gary W. Ferguson, John L. Hughes, and Kent L. Brown ; Fitness, home-range quality, and aggression in Uta stansburiana / Stanley F. Fox ; Sexual selection, sexual dimorphism, and territoriality / Judy A. Stamps ; Psychobiology of parthenogenesis / David Crews, Jill E. Gustafson, and Richard R. Tokarz -- pt. 3. Population and community ecology. Overview / by Thomas W. Schoener ; Life-history variations / Royce E. Ballinger ; Realized niche overlap, resource abundance, and intensity of interspecific competition / Arthur E. Dunham ; Temporal separation of activity and interspecific dietary overlap / Raymond B. Huey and Eric R. Pianka. Appendix: Monte Carlo analyses in ecology / Stuart L. Pimm ; Sympatry and size similarity in Cnemidophorus / Ted J. Case ; Ecomorphs, faunas, island size, and diverse end points in island radiations of Anolis / Ernest E. Williams ; Coevolutionary theory and the biogeography and community structure of Anolis / Jonathan Roughgarden, David Heckel, and Eduardo R. Fuentes -- Conclusion: Lizard ecology, viewed at a short distance / Peter R. Grant |
| Analysis |
Lizards Ecology |
| Notes |
"Most of the chapters were originally presented in December 1980 at a symposium held during the annual meetings of the American Society of Zoologists in Seattle, Washington"--P. 5 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 421-486 |
| Subject |
Lizards -- Ecology -- Congresses.
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Reptiles -- Ecology -- Congresses.
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Ecology.
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Lizards.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Huey, Raymond B.
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Pianka, Eric R.
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Schoener, Thomas W., 1943-
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American Society of Zoologists.
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| LC no. |
82015686 |
| ISBN |
0674536738 |
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