TY - JOUR
T1 - Foraging mode in lacertid lizards
T2 - variation and correlates
AU - Perry, G.
AU - Lampl, I.
AU - Lerner, A.
AU - Rothenstein, D.
AU - Shani, E.
AU - Sivan, N.
AU - Werner, Y. L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1990 Brill Academic Publishers. All rights reserved.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Foraging strategy was observed in five species of Israeli lacertid lizards in the field. Acanthodactylus scutellatus is a sit-and-wait strategist, whereas A. boskianus, A. schreiberi, Lacerta laevis and Mesalina guttulata forage widely. However, the actual values differed from those reported by Huey and Pianka (1981) for Kalahari lacertids, possibly indicating the existence of a continuum of foraging modes. Foraging intensity (proportion of time spent moving or frequency of moves) is positively correlated to relative tail length, and negatively correlated to relative clutch mass. Additional possible correlates are discussed, and some cau- tionary remarks added.
AB - Foraging strategy was observed in five species of Israeli lacertid lizards in the field. Acanthodactylus scutellatus is a sit-and-wait strategist, whereas A. boskianus, A. schreiberi, Lacerta laevis and Mesalina guttulata forage widely. However, the actual values differed from those reported by Huey and Pianka (1981) for Kalahari lacertids, possibly indicating the existence of a continuum of foraging modes. Foraging intensity (proportion of time spent moving or frequency of moves) is positively correlated to relative tail length, and negatively correlated to relative clutch mass. Additional possible correlates are discussed, and some cau- tionary remarks added.
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U2 - 10.1163/156853890X00069
DO - 10.1163/156853890X00069
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AN - SCOPUS:0025623885
SN - 0173-5373
VL - 11
SP - 373
EP - 384
JO - Amphibia - Reptilia
JF - Amphibia - Reptilia
IS - 4
ER -