Presenting an evolutionary perspective on many areas of ecology, this book, includes new information on speciation, metapopulations, self-deceit, experimental ecology, modern comparative methods, null models, landscape ecology, macroecology, biodiversity and genetic engineering, equilibrium economics and other aspects of applied ecology. To help ...
From tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selection. This book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the world. Accessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the ...
The author, a world authority on the ecology of desert lizards, recounts his travels and adventures in the Australian bush while "lizarding" through the 1960s.
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) have attracted a great deal of interest - these large and impressive lizards are often the centerpiece of reptile house exhibits. Monitors tend to be fairly wary and difficult to observe - therefore they are not particularly tractable research subjects, but they have nevertheless received an extraordinary amount of ...
The contributors to this study demonstrate the use of the phylogenetic approach in understanding the evolution, physiology, behaviour and life histories of lizards. The work contains essays on reproductive ecology, evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecology and population ecology.
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