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Orange Code:47073
Paperback:549 pages
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1. A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF REPTILES AS ANIMAL MODELS: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT AND THE NEED FOR RESEARCH2. LIFE AND LOCOMOTION IN A SEA OF SAND: EVOLUTION OF WEB-FOOTED GECKOS OF THE NAMIB3. TOWN AND COUNTRY LIZARDS: PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARDS ACROSS A VARIABLE LANDSCAPE4. LIFE ON THE CLIFFS: THE ONTOGENY OF HABITAT SELECTION AND DIET SHIFTS IN SPINY-TAILED IGUANAS5. REPTILE SPECIES RICHNESS AND DISTRIBUTION: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ARID AND SEMIARID ENVIRONMENTS?6. REPTILE TRACKS: AN INDICATOR FOR IDENTIFYING AREAS OF HIGH DIVERSITY IN ARID ZONES OF MEXICO7. VISUAL AND CHEMICAL SIGNALS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: PROVIDING THE LINK TO HABITAT AND ENVIRONMENT8. ADRENAL CEL SECRETION IN THE ITALIAN WALL LIZARD: ACTIONS OF REGULATORY NEUROPEPTIDES9. COPING WITH INVASIVE INVADERS: BEHAVIORAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS OF THE TEXAS HORNED LIZARD10. HORNED LIZARD RESPONSES TO DIVERSE THREATS FROM DIVERSE PREDATORS: MENTAL CONSTRUCTS AND COGNITIVE WORLDS?11. THE VIRTUAL REPTILE: MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND SIMULATIONS OF THERMOREGULATORY STRATEGY12. REPTILE ECOLOGY, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES: PROBLEMS, DEVELOPMENTS AND PROSPECTS13. REPTILES AS ANIMAL MODELS: EXAMPLES OF THEIR UTILITY IN GENETICS, IMMUNOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY14. A DESERT IN THE SEA: WATER RELATIONS OF MARINE SNAKES