Lizards
Subtitle: windows to the evolution of diversity
By: Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene
Contributors: Vitt, Laurie J.
Series: Organisms and environments -- 5; Organisms and environments -- 5.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780520234017; 9780520248472
Subjects: Lizards; Hagedissen; Biodiversiteit; Evolutietheorie; Schuppenkriechtiere <Ordnung>
Description: This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Evolutionary history and phylogeny; title: Getting around in a complex world; title: Lizards as predators; title: Escaping predators; title: Social behavior; title: Reproduction and life history; title: Reflections of the real world; title: Iguanians; title: From geckos to blind lizards; title: From racerunners to night lizards; title: Skinks; title: From girdled lizards to knob-scaled lizards; title: Monsters and dragons of the lizard world; title: Historical perspective; title: Lizards and humans.