title: Competitive exclusion between insular Lacerta species (Sauria, Lacertidae) : Notes on experimental Introductions.
abstract: Competetive exclusion between Lacerta sicula and L. melisellensis characterizes the small islands of the Adriatic Sea.In 1958 and 1959 M. Radovanovié introduced Lacerta sicula or Lacerta melisellensis onto islands exclusively occupied by the other species. During the summer of 1971 follow-up observations were made on three of these islands, two of which completely lacked representatives of the introduced species. On the third island, the introduced species appears to be replacing the native form. Minor habitat differences permit coexistence, however the situation is dynamic and probably not at equilibrium. A reciprocal introduction involving the two species on the islands of Pod Kopiŝte and Pod Mrĉaru is announced.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.|, 2427 41st Avenue, 94116, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Eviatar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nevo
authors.affiliation: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of California, San Diego, 92037, La Jolla, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soulé
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of California, San Diego, 92037, La Jolla, USA.
authors.forename: Suh Yung
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clover
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: Vojislav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jovanović