Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards

• Other Authors: Zamora-Camacho, Francisco Javier (Editor), Comas, Mar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Animals & society; 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
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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...