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Behaviour, reproduction and ecology
Body size evolution in snakes: Evidence from Island populations. (2003) BOBACK SM. Copeia. 1:81-94. © American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
A neglected life-history trait: clutch-size variance in snakes. (1996) SHINE R, SIEGEL RA. Journal of Zoology, London. 239:209-223.
Geographical trends in numbers of species (1978) SCHALL JJ, PIANKA ER. Science. 201(4357):679-686.
Field studies of reptile thermoregulation: how well do physical models predict operative temperatures? (2001) SHINE R, KEARNEY M. Functional Ecology 15:282-288. © British Ecological Society.
Rejection of non-adaptive hypotheses for intraspecific variation in trophic morphology in gape-limited predators. (1997) FORSMAN A, SHINE R. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 62:209-223. © The Linnean Society of London.
Biogeography of nocturnal insectivores: Historical events and ecological filters. (1990) DUELLMAN WE, PIANKA ER. Ann.Rev.Ecol.Sys. 21:57-68. © Annual Reviews Inc.
How often do lizards "run on empty"? (2001) HUEY RB, PIANKA ER, VITT LJ. Ecology. 82(1):1-7. © The Ecological Society of America.
The structure of lizard communities. (1973) PIANKA ER. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4:53-74.
A morphological analysis of the structure of communities of lizards in desert habitats. (1981) RICKLEFS RE, COCHRAN D, PIANKA ER. Ecology. 62:1474-1483. © The Ecological Society of America.
Animal foraging: past, present and future. (1997) PERRY G, PIANKA ER. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 12:360-384.
A general review of zoological trends during the 20th Century. (2002) PIANKA ER. In: The new panorama of Animal Evolution (Eds: Legakis A, Sfenthourakis S, Polymeni R, Thessalou-Legaki M). pp3-13. © Pensoft Publishers.
History and global ecology of squamate reptiles. (2003) VITT LJ, PIANKA ER, COOPER WE, SCHWENK K. The American Naturalist. 162(1):44-61. © The University of Chicago.
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