Overview
- This is the first major review in this field in the last two decades
- Identifies general patterns in several co-distributed lizard species
- Focuses on lizards, which are one of the most important taxa in desert regions, and whose population dynamics are indicative of climate change
Part of the book series: Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia (NSSP)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Historical and General Background
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Land, Climate and Vegetation Background
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Diversity and Current Knowledge of Patagonian Lizards
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Luciano Javier Avila is a Principal Researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina working at the Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales of Puerto Madryn, Chubut. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto in 1990, his PhD at the Universidad Nacional de Tucuman in 1996 and a postdoctoral stay at Brigham Young University (USA) in 2000-2004. His research focuses on the taxonomy, phylogeny and natural history of the southern South American Herpetofauna. He is the author or co-author of 195 articles and notes on species limits, phylogenies, phylogeographies, bioinventories, biogeography, spatial ecology and natural history (including 90 peer-reviewed articles), nearly 80% of which involved Patagonian lizards.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lizards of Patagonia
Book Subtitle: Diversity, Systematics, Biogeography and Biology of the Reptiles at the End of the World
Editors: Mariana Morando, Luciano J. Avila
Series Title: Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42752-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42751-1Published: 25 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42754-2Published: 25 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42752-8Published: 23 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-3463
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3471
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 432
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 99 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Vertebrates, Biodiversity, Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology