LEADER 02879nam 2200397 450 001 9910571747903321 005 20230516164712.0 035 $a(CKB)5860000000046911 035 $a(NjHacI)995860000000046911 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000046911 100 $a20230516d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMainland and insular lacertid lizards $eA mediterrean perspective /$fPietro Lo Cascio, Claudia Corti, Marta Biaggini 210 1$aFirenze :$cFirenze University Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 225 1 $aAtti 311 $a88-927-3943-3 330 $aLacertid lizards have long been a fruitful field of scientific enquiry with many people working on them over the past couple of hundred years. The scope of the field has steadily increased, beginning with taxonomy and anatomy and gradually spreading so that it includes such topics as phylogenetics, behaviour, ecology, and conservation. Since 1992, a series of symposia on lacertid lizards of the Mediterranean basin have taken place every three years. The present volume stems from the 2004 meeting in the Aeolian Islands. In the volume a wide range of island topics are considered, including the systematics of the species concerned, from both morphological and molecular viewpoints, interaction with other taxa, and conservation. The last topic is especially important, as island lizards across the world have often been vulnerable to extinction, after they came into contact with people and the animals they introduced. The volume also has papers on the more positive aspects of human influence, specifically the benign effects of traditional agriculture on at least some reptile species. Olive trees, cork oaks and the banks and walls of loose rocks that crisscross the Mediterranean scene all often contribute to elevated lizard populations. Nor is more basic biology neglected and there are articles on morphology, reproduction, development and thermoregulation. Finally, it is good to see one paper on non-Mediterranean species is included. For, to fully understand the lacertids of this region, it is necessary to appreciate their close relatives in Africa, Asia and the archipelagos of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. (From Preface by E. Nicholas Arnold & Wolfgang Bo?hme). 410 0$aAtti (Firenze University Press) 517 $aMainland and insular lacertid lizards 606 $aApplied ecology 615 0$aApplied ecology. 676 $a333.95 700 $aCascio$b Pietro Lo$01357216 702 $aBiaggini$b Marta 702 $aCorti$b Claudia 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910571747903321 996 $aMainland and insular lacertid lizards$93362734 997 $aUNINA