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Lizard behavior : evolutionary and mechanistic perspectives / edited by Vincent L. Bels, Institut de Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, Anthony P. Russell, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. - 1 online resource.

Introduction to the volume: Evolutionary radiation of lizards and their behavior -- Vincent Bels, Anthony Russell

Part I. "Everyday" Behavior

Behavioral thermoregulation in lizards: Strategies for achieving preferred temperature - Ian R.G. Black, Jacob M. Berman, Viviana Cadena, and Glenn J. Tattersall

Lizard locomotion: relationships between behavior, performance, and function -- Timothy E. Higham

Lizard foraging -- A Perspective Integrating Sensory Ecology and Life Histories -- Chi-Yun Kuo, Martha M. Munoz, Duncan J. Irschick

Predatory behavior in lizards: strategies and mechanisms for catching prey -- Vincent Bels, Pierre Legreneur, Anthony Russell, Aurélie Maillard, Anne-Sophie Paindavoine, Leïla-Nastasia Zghikh, Emeline Paulet, Emilie Van Gysel, Jean-Pierre Pallandre, Sébastien Charlier, Christophe Rémy, and Stéphane Montuelle

Antipredator behavioral mechanisms: avoidance, deterrence, escape and encounter -- Eric J. McElroy

Part II. Social Behavior and Communication

The physiological control of social behavior in lizards -- Rachel E. Cohen, and Juli Wade

Sensory processing in relation to signaling behavior -- Leo J. Fleishman and Enrique Font

Phylogeny and ontogeny of lizard display behavior -- Michele A. Johnson, Ellee G. Cook and Bonnie K. Kircher

Behavioral ecology of aggressive behavior in lizards -- Martin J. Whiting and Donald B. Miles

Stable social grouping in lizards -- Geoffrey M While, Michael G. Gardner, David G Chapple and Martin J Whiting

Part III. Environmental impact, global change and behavior

Hydroregulation -- a neglected behavioral response of lizards to climate change? -- Elia I Pirtle, Christopher R Tracy and Michael Ray Kearney

Impact of human-induced environmental changes on lizard behavior: insights from urbanization -- Breanna J. Putman, Diogo S. M. Samia, William E. Cooper Jr and Daniel T. Blumstein

ISBN: 9780429637551 0429637551 9780429640728 0429640722 9780429634383 0429634382 9781498782739 1498782736

Standard No.: 10.1201/9781498782739 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Lizards--Behavior--Evolution.
Lizards--Adaptation.
NATURE / Animals / Fish
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ichthyology & Herpetology

LC Class. No.: QL666.L2 / L567 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 597.95