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Resource partition among lacertid lizards in southern Europe
Author(s) -
Arnold E. N.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1987.tb00753.x
Subject(s) - sympatric speciation , biology , partition (number theory) , habitat , ecology , peninsula , resource (disambiguation) , niche , niche differentiation , computer network , mathematics , combinatorics , computer science
Twenty‐four species of lacertid lizards were examined at 31 sites in western Yugoslavia, Greece and Iberia. Comparative observations were made on over 4500 individual lizards, noting such features as times of activity, hunting methods, diet, micro‐ and macro‐habitat, refuges used and body temperature. These data are used as a basis for assessing resource partition in related sympatric species, for finding out whether different systematic groups have characteristic types of niche, and for comparing community structure in the three peninsulas of southern Europe.