Short communication, Note

Ecological niche segregation of seven sympatric lacertid lizards in the Peloponnese highlands

Werner Mayer ; Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Chemosystematische Untersuchungsstelle, Burgring 7, A–1014 Wien, Austria
Petra Beyerlein ; Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Chemosystematische Untersuchungsstelle, Burgring 7, A–1014 Wien, Austria

Abstract

All seven lacertid species recorded in the Peloponnese can be found in a very small area in the Arcadian highlands on the Peloponnese peninsula. Only one example of such unique diversity in such a small area has been described in the Mediterranean region before.
This density requires the occupation of different restricted ecological and ethological niches by all seven species and therefore the habitats have to be diverse. Niche segregation, ecological demands and the ethological differences between the species are discussed in relation to this habitat diversity.

Keywords

Lacertidae; Lacerta; Podarcis; Algyroides; Greece; ecology; ethology; niche segregation

Hrčak ID:

54822

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/54822

Publication date:

30.9.1999.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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