ROCK-GROUND PATCHINESS IN A SIMPLE LIOLAEMUS LIZARD COMMUNITY (REPTILIA, LACERTILIA, IGUANIDAE)

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorFUENTES, ER
dc.contributor.authorCANCINO, J
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:44:39Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:44:39Z
dc.date.issued1979
dc.description.abstractLizard communities in Chile and California [USA] exhibit rock vs. ground microhabitat partitioning. Two hypotheses explaining this phenomenon, zonation due to differences in food requirements by the species and zonation due to different needs for hiding places from predators, are investigated. Observations and collections of 2 spp. of Liolaemus [L. nigromaculatus and L. platei] (Iguanidae) lizards in a simple habitat suggest the 2 lizard species do not differ significantly in their food preferences and morphological and behavioral differences between species can be related to different predation risks. The species using rocks, presumably the more protected area, tends to be larger, more color and size dimorphic than the species foraging preferentially on the open ground. A natural experiment of decreased effective bird predation risk, further suggests predation is a likely factor in the explanation of rock-ground zonation in these lizards. The roles of interspecific competition and lizard predation are discussed in relation with the Liolaemus community investigated.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1937-2418
dc.identifier.issn0022-1511
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100089
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1979JA32300019
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final350
dc.pagina.inicio343
dc.revistaJournal of herpetology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleROCK-GROUND PATCHINESS IN A SIMPLE LIOLAEMUS LIZARD COMMUNITY (REPTILIA, LACERTILIA, IGUANIDAE)
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen13
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
Files
Collections
Artículos de revistas