Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards
Except for latitudinal and elevational extremes, lizards range across a vast variety of biotopes worldwide, including environments as disparate as deserts, prairies, temperate woodlands, rainforests, or anthropic habitats. Although most species thrive on the ground, numerous lizards are fossorial, a...
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| description | Except for latitudinal and elevational extremes, lizards range across a vast variety of biotopes worldwide, including environments as disparate as deserts, prairies, temperate woodlands, rainforests, or anthropic habitats. Although most species thrive on the ground, numerous lizards are fossorial, arboreal, and even aquatic, found in either fresh- or seawater. With lizards being ectotherms, accurate thermoregulation and other physiological adaptations are in most cases fundamental for their survival in such a variety of habitats. Moreover, lizard coloration may mediate thermoregulation, reproduction, and social status, among others. Lizards have also evolved some unusual antipredator adaptations, such as tail autotomy. Consequently, the astonishing morphological, ecological, and functional diversity of lizards results from extremely intense selective pressures, oftentimes opposing, many of whose interrelationships have yet to be disentangled. This Special Issue provides the international scientific community with an integrative meeting point to discuss and synthesize the current knowledge on the evolutionary pathways and mechanisms that led to today’s lizards. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-844892024-03-28T03:30:58Z Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards Zamora-Camacho, Francisco Javier Comas, Mar enhanced vegetation index Lacerta Mediterranean niche partitioning Sauria Timon colouration social signals Psammodromus algirus lizards altitudinal gradient Indochina Southeast Asia phylogeny Indo-Australian Archipelago Bent-toed geckos karst conservation high elevation hyperoxia sprint performance thermal performance curve thermal preference lizard autotomy tail locomotion performance temperature predation n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFU Animals and society Except for latitudinal and elevational extremes, lizards range across a vast variety of biotopes worldwide, including environments as disparate as deserts, prairies, temperate woodlands, rainforests, or anthropic habitats. Although most species thrive on the ground, numerous lizards are fossorial, arboreal, and even aquatic, found in either fresh- or seawater. With lizards being ectotherms, accurate thermoregulation and other physiological adaptations are in most cases fundamental for their survival in such a variety of habitats. Moreover, lizard coloration may mediate thermoregulation, reproduction, and social status, among others. Lizards have also evolved some unusual antipredator adaptations, such as tail autotomy. Consequently, the astonishing morphological, ecological, and functional diversity of lizards results from extremely intense selective pressures, oftentimes opposing, many of whose interrelationships have yet to be disentangled. This Special Issue provides the international scientific community with an integrative meeting point to discuss and synthesize the current knowledge on the evolutionary pathways and mechanisms that led to today’s lizards. 2022-06-21T08:38:19Z 2022-06-21T08:38:19Z 2022 book ONIX_20220621_9783036540511_67 9783036540511 9783036540528 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84489 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/5472 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/5472 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4052-8 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4052-8 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036540511 9783036540528 88 Basel open access |
| spellingShingle | enhanced vegetation index Lacerta Mediterranean niche partitioning Sauria Timon colouration social signals Psammodromus algirus lizards altitudinal gradient Indochina Southeast Asia phylogeny Indo-Australian Archipelago Bent-toed geckos karst conservation high elevation hyperoxia sprint performance thermal performance curve thermal preference lizard autotomy tail locomotion performance temperature predation n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFU Animals and society Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards |
| title | Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards |
| title_full | Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards |
| title_fullStr | Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards |
| title_short | Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards |
| title_sort | evolutionary ecology of lizards |
| topic | enhanced vegetation index Lacerta Mediterranean niche partitioning Sauria Timon colouration social signals Psammodromus algirus lizards altitudinal gradient Indochina Southeast Asia phylogeny Indo-Australian Archipelago Bent-toed geckos karst conservation high elevation hyperoxia sprint performance thermal performance curve thermal preference lizard autotomy tail locomotion performance temperature predation n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFU Animals and society |
| topic_facet | enhanced vegetation index Lacerta Mediterranean niche partitioning Sauria Timon colouration social signals Psammodromus algirus lizards altitudinal gradient Indochina Southeast Asia phylogeny Indo-Australian Archipelago Bent-toed geckos karst conservation high elevation hyperoxia sprint performance thermal performance curve thermal preference lizard autotomy tail locomotion performance temperature predation n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFU Animals and society |
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