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Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards

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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.

Title Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards : Analyses of the Ecological Niche and Community Structure / Eric R. Pianka.
Edition Princeton Legacy Library edition.
Publisher Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press
Creation Date [2017]
Notes Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
In English.
Content 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
Series Princeton Legacy Library
4887
Extent 1 online resource (230 pages) : color illustrations, photographs.
Language English
Copyright Date ©2017
National Library system number 997010701961705171
MARC RECORDS
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