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Predators of scorpions: field data and a review
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Field observations over a seven-year period at a desert scorpion community near Palm Springs, California and less intensively at other locales provided information on natural predators of scorpions.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 1981-12-01. It has received 60 citations till now.read more
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Complex trophic interactions in deserts: an empirical critique of food-web theory
TL;DR: It is argued that most cataloged webs are oversimplified caricatures of actual communities, and patterns from food webs of real communities generally do not support predictions arising from dynamic and graphic models of food-web structure.
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Intraguild Predation and Competition Among Desert Scorpions
TL;DR: Interactions among four species of desert scorpion were analyzed over a 9-yr period and it is concluded that intraguild predation rather than exploitation competition is the major factor structuring the observed patterns of distribution and abundance of these scorpions.
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Scorpions, spiders and solpugids: predation and competition among distantly related taxa
TL;DR: It appears that the release from predation pressure in areas from which scorpions were removed produced the observed increase in spider abundance, suggesting current ecological theory does not fully apply to situations whereby species at the same trophic level interact as both predators and potential competitors.
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Predation risk and state-dependent foraging in scorpions: effects of moonlight on foraging in the scorpionButhus occitanus
TL;DR: The influence of moonlight on the foraging behaviour of the scorpionButhus occitanus israelis was observed, and it is suggested that the scorpions use environmental factors such as illumination and humidity as proximal cues, to evaluate levels of predation risk and food availability.
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Trophic structure and the role of predation in shaping hot desert communities
TL;DR: The increase in productivity in deserts decreases the amount of energy that reaches top predators as it has a mainly structural effect: to increase plant cover and mediate predation interactions.
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The structure of lizard communities
TL;DR: The topic here is the structure of lizard communities in this somewhat loose sense of the word (perhaps assemblage would be a more accurate description), with emphasis on the niche relationships among such sympatric sets of lizard species, especially as they affect the numbers of species that coexist within lizard communities.
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Sympatry of Desert Lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that hindleg and head proportions are good morphological indicators of the place niche and the food niche, respectively, and that body temperature reflects the time niche in a useful way.
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Comparative Autecology of the Lizard Cnemidophorus Tigris in Different Parts of Its Georgraphic Range
TL;DR: The ecological challenges facing the northern populations are primarily physical, largely climatic ones, biotic interactions (particularly predation) assume relatively greater importance to southern lizards.
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
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Comparative Ecology of Twelve Species of Nocturnal Lizards (Gekkonidae) in the Western Australian Desert
Eric R. Pianka,Helen D. Pianka +1 more
TL;DR: Observations on active geckos during their natural period of nocturnal activity allow comparison of many aspects of the ecologies of 12 species, including habitat and microhabitat requirements, diets, daily and seasonal patterns of activity, body temperature relationships, reproduction, predation and broken tail frequencies.