Lizard Ecology: Historical and Experimental Perspectives

Published by Princeton University Press 1994

Lizard Ecology

Historical and Experimental Perspectives

Edited by: Laurie J. Vitt and Eric R. Pianka

Volume 290 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400863945

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In a collection rich in implications for all fields of ecology, leading lizard ecologists demonstrate the utility of the phylogenetic approach in understanding the evolution of morphology, physiology, behavior, and life histories. Lizards, which are valued for their amenability to field experiments, have been the subject of reciprocal transplant experiments and of manipulations of resource availability, habitat structure, population density, and entire sections of food webs. Such experiments are rapidly rebuilding ecological theories as they apply to all organisms. As a demonstration of state-of-the-art historical and experimental research and as a call for philosophical engagement, this volume will join its predecessors--Lizard Ecology: A Symposium (Missouri, 1967) and Lizard Ecology: Studies of a Model Organism (Harvard, 1983)--in directing ecological research for years to come.

Lizard Ecology contains essays on reproductive ecology (Arthur E. Dunham, Lin Schwarzkopf, Peter H. Niewiarowski, Karen Overall, and Barry Sinervo), behavioral ecology (A. Stanley Rand, William E. Cooper, Jr., Emülia P. Martins, Craig Guyer, and C. Michael Bull), evolutionary ecology (Raymond B. Huey, Jean Clobert et al., Donald B. Miles, and Theodore Garland, Jr.), and population and community ecology (Ted Case, Robin M. Andrews and S. Joseph Wright, Craig D. James, and Jonathan B. Losos).

Originally published in 1994.

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.

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Organized into four theme areas containing a total of 14 topics, each [paper] is preceded by an insightful introduction written by a specialist in that area [and] . . . includes a section on future work and new questions that should be explored. . . . a welcome addition for anyone wishing to examne research in this fascinating field.

The topics, [in this volume] represent an impressive diversity of approaches, ranging from detailed life-history studies of single species and in-depth analyses of lizard communities to broad-based comparisons of multiple traits across all groups of lizards. . . . [Lizard Ecology] not only provides a context in which to view these individual studies but opens a unique window on lizard ecology past, present, and future.

"This volume represents many new research thrusts, hot areas of ecological investigation, and efforts at synthesis. The editors are leaders in their field and the contributors respected scientists."—Roy McDiarmad, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction and Acknowledgments Laurie J. Vitt and Eric R. Pianka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part I. Reproductive Ecology
Introduction Arthur E. Dunham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 1. Measuring Trade-offs: A Review of Studies of Costs of Reproduction in Lizards Lin Schwarzkopf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. Understanding Geographic Life-History Variation in Lizards Peter H. Niewiarowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 3. Lizard Egg Environments Karen L. Overall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 4. Experimental Tests of Reproductive Allocation Paradigms Bariy Sinervo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Part II. Behavioral Ecology
Introduction A. Stanley Rand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 5. Prey Chemical Discrimination, Foraging Mode, and Phylogeny William E. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Chapter 6. Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Lizard Territoriality Emíilia P. Martins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Chapter 7. Mate Limitation in Male Norops humilis Craig Guyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 8. Population Dynamics and Pair Fidelity in Sleepy Lizards C. Michael Bull Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Part III. Evolutionary Ecology
Introduction Raymond B. Huey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter 9. Determinants of Dispersal Behavior: The Common Lizard as a Case Study Jean Clobert, Manuel Massot, Jane Lecomte, Gabriele Sorci, Michelle de Fraipont and Robert Barbault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 10. Covariation between Morphology and Locomotory Performance in Sceloporine Lizards Donald B. Miles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Chapter 11. Phylogenetic Analyses of Lizard Endurance Capacity in Relation to Body Size and Body Temperature Theodore Garland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Part IV. Population and Community Ecology
Introduction Ted Case Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Chapter 12. Long-Term Population Fluctuations of a Tropical Lizard: A Test of Causality Robin M. Andrews and S. Joseph Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Chapter 13. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Structure of a Diverse Lizard Assemblage in Arid Australia Craig D. James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Chapter 14. Historical Contingency and Lizard Community Ecology Jonathan B. Losos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
Species Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397

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