Lizards of the World : Natural History and Taxon Accounts
Lizards of the World : Natural History and Taxon Accounts
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Author(s): Rodda, Gordon H.
ISBN No.: 9781421438238
Pages: 864
Year: 202009
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 224.63
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Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods The Interplay between Ecological and Phylogenetic Causation Definitions Size Estimation Analytical Methods Chapter 2. What Are Lizards? Composition Morphology Sexually Differing Traits Geography Activity Reproduction Diet Populations The Modal Lizard Chapter 3. Linkages Methods Unique to This Chapter Mass Morphology Sexual Size Dimorphism Color Diet Foraging Time of Day (Diel Activity) Predator Concealment Tactics Microhabitat Reproduction Allocation Islands Longevity Population Density/Biomass Introductions Imperiled Lizards Next Steps Chapter 4. Ecological Business Models Crack Hermit Diurnal Canopy Walker Giant Herbivore Glider Ground-foraging Tree Lizard Immobility Expert Litter Cryptozoid Nocturnal Canopy Walker Nocturnal Ground Lizard Refugia-anchored Diurnal Ground Lizard Sand Shark Subterranean Forager Trunk/Wall Lizard Wide-ranging Chemosensor Overview of Ecological Business Models Chapter 5. Taxon Accounts (alphabetical by family or genus name; use index to search by English name) A (Ablepharus to Australolacerta) B (Bachia to Bunopus) C (Cadeidae and Cadea to Cyrtopodion) D (Dactylocnemis to Dryadosaura) E (Ebenavia to Exila) F (Feylinia to Furcifer) G (Gallotia to Gymnophthalmus) H (Haackgreerius to Hypsilurus) I (Iberolacerta to Isopachys) J (Janetaescincus to Jarujinia) K (Kaestlea to Kolekanos) L (Lacerta to Lyriocephalus) M (Mabuya to Morunasaurus) N (Nactus to Nucras) O (Oedodera to Ouroborus) P (Pachycalamus to Pygopus) Q (Quedenfeldtia) R (Ramigekko to Rondonops) S (Saara to Strophurus) T (Tachygyia to Tytthoscincus) U (Uma to Uvidicolus) V (Vanzosaura to Voeltzkowia) W (Woodworthia) X (Xantusia to Xenosauridae and Xenosaurus) Z (Zonosaurus to Zygaspis) Acknowledgments Appendices A. Database Fields and Comments on Their Tabulation B. Methods for Quantifying Lizard Sizes C.


Standards for Qualification of Absolute Population Densities Literature Cited Index.


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