Lizard Social Behavior

Fox Stanley F.

ISBN 10: 0801868939 / ISBN 13: 9780801868931

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

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pp. 456 Illus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lizard Social Behavior
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801868939
• ISBN 13: 9780801868931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Lizards exhibit, in a form that is simpler to isolate and study, many of the same traits of higher vertebrates. For this reason, zoologists have long chosen lizards as model systems to address questions that are central to ecological and evolutionary theory. This books brings together many of the most active researchers currently using lizards to study the evolution of social behavior, plus three well-known experts on behavior of other taxa for an outside perspective. Each author begins by developing one or more hypotheses, then presents data on a specific lizard system that addresses these issues. The chapters are arranged in three sections that reflect the primary levels at which behavioral ecologists examine adaptive variation in social behavior: individual variation within populations, variation among different populations of the same species, and variation among several species.

About the Authors

Stanley F. Fox is the Regents Professor of Zoology at Oklahoma State University.

J. Kelly McCoy is an assistant professor of biology at Angelo State University.

Troy A. Baird is a professor of biology at the University of Central Oklahoma.