Lizard Ecology [Paperback]

Originally published in 2006, this book was the first critical review of the effects of lizard foraging modes in 30 years.How lizards feed has had many evolutionary effects on just about everything about lizards. The reviews in this 2007 book provide the reader with a review of foraging mode, whilst equipping researchers with insights and future directions, and will serve as a reference book for herpetologists, evolutionary biologists, ecologists and animal behaviorists.How lizards feed has had many evolutionary effects on just about everything about lizards. The reviews in this 2007 book provide the reader with a review of foraging mode, whilst equipping researchers with insights and future directions, and will serve as a reference book for herpetologists, evolutionary biologists, ecologists and animal behaviorists.The foraging mode of lizards has been a central theme in guiding research in lizard biology for three decades. Foraging mode has been shown to be a pervasive evolutionary force molding the diet, ecology, behavior, anatomy, biomechanics, life history, and physiology of lizards. This 2007 volume reviews the knowledge on the effects of foraging mode on these and other organismal systems to show how they have evolved, over a wide taxonomic survey of lizard groups. The reviews presented here reveal the continuous nature of foraging strategies in lizards and snakes, providing the reader with a review of the field, and will equip researchers with fresh insights and directions for the sit-and-wait vs. wide foraging paradigm. This will serve as a reference book for herpetologists, evolutionary biologists, ecologists and animal behaviorists.Preface Stephen M. Reilly, Lance D. McBrayer, and Donald B. Miles; Historical introduction: on widely foraging for Kalahari lizards Raymond B. Huey and Eric R. Pianka; Part I. Organismal Patterns of Variation with Foraging Mode: 1. Movement patterns in lizards: measurement, modality, and behavioral correlates Gad Perry; 2. Morpl£#