03391nam 2200781z- 450 991057688210332120220621(CKB)5720000000008354(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84489(oapen)doab84489(EXLCZ)99572000000000835420202206d2022 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEvolutionary Ecology of LizardsBaselMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20221 online resource (88 p.)3-0365-4051-2 3-0365-4052-0 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.Animals and societybicsscBiology, life sciencesbicsscResearch and information: generalbicsscaltitudinal gradientautotomyBent-toed geckoscolourationconservationenhanced vegetation indexhigh elevationhyperoxiaIndo-Australian ArchipelagoIndochinakarstLacertalizardlizardslocomotionMediterraneann/aniche partitioningperformancephylogenypredationPsammodromus algirusSauriasocial signalsSoutheast Asiasprint performancetailtemperaturethermal performance curvethermal preferenceTimonAnimals and societyBiology, life sciencesResearch and information: generalZamora-Camacho Francisco Javieredt1323490Comas MaredtZamora-Camacho Francisco JavierothComas MarothBOOK9910576882103321Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards3035621UNINA