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oapen-20.500.12657-547772022-06-01T02:56:07Z Mainland and insular lacertid lizards Lo Cascio, Pietro Corti, Claudia Biaggini, Marta Biologia Animali Etologia bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology & animal sciences bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology Lacertid 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 Böhme) 2022-05-31T10:12:50Z 2022-05-31T10:12:50Z 2006 book ONIX_20220531_9788884535238_60 2704-6230 9788884535238 9788864531229 9788892739437 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54777 eng Atti application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9788884535238.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788884535238 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-8453-523-8 10.36253/978-88-8453-523-8 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788884535238 9788864531229 9788892739437 10 224 Firenze open access
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Lacertid 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 Böhme)
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