Ecology and natural history of desert lizards : analyses of the ecological niche and community structure / by Eric R. Pianka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pianka, Eric R., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lizards--Ecology.

Lizards.

Desert animals--Ecology.

Desert animals.

Niche (Ecology).

Biotic communities.

Reptiles--Ecology.

Reptiles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages) : color illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

Princeton Legacy Library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780691628905

0691628904

9780691084060

0691084068

9780691611143

0691611149

OCLC:

992492351