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	DIET AND FOOD NICHE RELATIONSHIPS OF LIZARD ASSEMBLAGES IN JORDAN
	Abu Baker, Mohammad A.; Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad A.; Ghlelat, Ansam A.; Disi, Ahmad M.; Amr, Zuhair S.
通讯作者	Abu Baker, MA (corresponding author), Univ Jordan, Dept Biol Sci, Queen Rania St, Amman 11942, Jordan.
来源期刊	HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY
ISSN	2151-0733
EISSN	1931-7603
出版年	2021
卷号	16 期号:1 页码:117-127
英文摘要	We studied diet and food niche relationships among sympatric lizards in two areas in Jordan using stomach contents. We found that 77 stomachs from six species in the eastern deserts and 45 stomachs from three species in the western highlands resulted in 2,478 and 1,935 prey items, respectively. Stomachs from the eastern desert contained 1-216 prey items with an average of 31.5 items (median = 16) and 1-329 prey items with an average of 43.0 (median = 13) from the western highlands. The lizards were primarily insectivorous, with ants and beetles making up the highest percentages. Additionally, we identified a snake (Eirenis rothii), a freshwater fish, and four smaller lizards in the prey remains. The results showed similar niche breadths and high food-niche overlap values, especially among the agamid lizards, suggesting that some opportunistic feeding habits are likely influenced by prey availability and similar foraging strategies. Based on similar niche breadths and high foodniche overlap values, we believe that interspecific competition is an important factor in organizing these lizard assemblages. Therefore, habitat segregation and different hunting strategies may likely occur among these species and allow for species coexistence in these areas.
英文关键词	deserts diet partitioning niche breadth niche overlap squamates stomach contents
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000646270300012
WOS关键词	LAUDAKIA-STELLIO ; SPATIAL-ORGANIZATION ; AGAMID LIZARDS ; DESERT LIZARDS ; PATTERNS ; ECOLOGY
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350470
作者单位	[Abu Baker, Mohammad A.; Disi, Ahmad M.] Univ Jordan, Dept Biol Sci, Queen Rania St, Amman 11942, Jordan; [Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad A.] Univ Jordan, Fac Agr, Dept Plant Protect, Queen Rania St, Amman 11942, Jordan; [Ghlelat, Ansam A.] Royal Soc Conservat Nat, Conservat & Monitoring Ctr, Baker Al Baw St, Amman 11941, Jordan; [Amr, Zuhair S.] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Biol, POB 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Abu Baker, Mohammad A.,Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad A.,Ghlelat, Ansam A.,et al. DIET AND FOOD NICHE RELATIONSHIPS OF LIZARD ASSEMBLAGES IN JORDAN[J],2021,16(1):117-127.
APA	Abu Baker, Mohammad A.,Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad A.,Ghlelat, Ansam A.,Disi, Ahmad M.,&Amr, Zuhair S..(2021).DIET AND FOOD NICHE RELATIONSHIPS OF LIZARD ASSEMBLAGES IN JORDAN.HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY,16(1),117-127.
MLA	Abu Baker, Mohammad A.,et al."DIET AND FOOD NICHE RELATIONSHIPS OF LIZARD ASSEMBLAGES IN JORDAN".HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY 16.1(2021):117-127.