Table 2. Species for which
habitat use has been shown to affect various aspects of a lizard's life
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Survivorship | Comments | Source |
Lacerta vivipara |
Winter survival of juveniles lower in resource poor habitats thanresource rich habitats |
Boudjemadi et al. (1999) |
Psammdromus algirus |
Juvenile survivorship decreased with increase in vegetative cover due to higher densities of predators Survival higher in parts of shrub patches that allow easiest ad closest access to basking sites |
Civantos and Forsman (2000);see
also Civantos et al. (1999), Civantos (2000)
Díaz (1992) |
Sceloporus virgatus |
Lizards in a wooded habitat tended to survive better than lizards in an open habitat |
Smith (1998) |
Uta stansburiana |
Dominant lizards have "higher quality" home ranges with better microhabitats, which increase survivorship compared to subordinate lizards |
Fox et al. (1981) |
Reproduction |
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Anolis bimaculatus |
Females forced to perch lower than normal produced fewer eggs |
Rummel and Roughgarden (1985) |
Anolis gingivus |
Female anoles forced to perch higher than normal produced fewer eggs |
Rummel and Roughgarden (1985) |
Cnemidophorus gularis |
Higher proportion of females reproductive in mesquite upland habitat than juniper habitat |
Gannon and Willis (1990) |
Sceloporus virgatus |
Females in a wooded habitat matured earlier than females in an open habitat |
Smith (1998) |
Growth | ||
Anolis bimaculatus |
Anoles forced to perch lower than normal grew slower |
Rummel and Roughgarden (1985) |
Anolis gingivus |
Anoles forced to perch higher than normal grew slower |
Rummel and Roughgarden (1985) |
Cnemidophorus hyperythrus |
Lizards in different habitat grew at different rates |
Karasov and Anderson (1984) |
Lacerta vivipara |
Yearlings grew faster in wetter habitats than in drier habitats |
Lorenzon et al. (1999) |
Sceloporus virgatus |
Lizards in a wooded habitat grew faster than lizards in an open habitat |
Smith (1998) |
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