Eric Pianka - Works

Works

Pianka has produced over 100 scientific papers, many highly cited and influential, and a classic textbook, Evolutionary Ecology. He also writes for the general public; his book "Lizards-Windows to the Evolution of Diversity," coauthored with longtime collaborator Laurie Vitt, won both the Robert W. Hamilton Faculty Author Award at The University of Texas at Austin and the Oklahoma Book Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

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Books:

  • Pianka, Eric R. (1983), Evolutionary Ecology (Fourth Edition), ISBN 0-06-045216-1
  • Pianka ER (1994). The Lizard Man Speaks. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-76552-5.
  • Pianka ER (1986). Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08148-4.
  • Pianka, Eric and Dennis King (2004), Varanoid Lizards of the World, Indiana University Press.
  • Pianka, Eric and Laurie Vitt (2003), Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, University of California Press.

Articles:

  • MacArthur RH and ER Pianka (1966). "On the optimal use of a patchy environment.". American Naturalist 100 (916): 603–9. doi:10.1086/282454. JSTOR 2459298.
  • Sweet, Samuel S. and Eric R. Pianka, "The Lizard Kings: Small Monitors Roam to the East of an Unseen Frontier; Mammals Roam to the West", Natural History, November, 2003.

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