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(Abstracts and Book Reviews excluded) Link to Google Scholar Citations Summary ERP's Citation Classics List of ERP's Papers in Austral Ecology List of ERP's Books List of ERP's Papers in Copeia List of ERP's Papers in Ecology List of ERP's Papers in The American Naturalist List of ERP's Papers in The Western Australian Naturalist Pianka, E. R. and H. M. Smith. 1959. Distributional records for certain Mexican and Guatemalan reptiles. Herpetologica 15: 119-120. Download pdf Willson, M. F. and E. R. Pianka. 1963. Sexual selection, sex ratio, and mating system. American Naturalist 97: 405-407. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1966. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: A review of concepts. American Naturalist 100: 33-46. (Reprinted in 1981 in C. F. Jordan (ed.) Tropical Ecology, Benchmark Papers in Ecology. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company. Reprinted in 2002 in Robin L. Chazdon and T. C. Whitmore (eds.) Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with Commentaries. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Reprinted in 2004 in M. V. Lomolino, D. F.Sax and J. H. Brown (eds.) Foundations of Biogeography. University of Chicago Press, Chicago). Celebrated at an American Naturalist symposium in 2016. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1966. Convexity, desert lizards, and spatial heterogeneity. Ecology 47: 1055-1059. Download pdf MacArthur, R. H. and E. R. Pianka. 1966. On optimal use of a patchy environment. American Naturalist 100: 603-609. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (1988), volume 20 (number 31): page 16, in Current Contents (Arts & Humanities) (1988), volume 10 (number 31): page 16, and in Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences) (1988), volume 19 (number 31): page 16.) (Reprinted in 1991 in L. A. Real and J. H. Brown (eds.) Foundations of Ecology. Classic Papers with Commentaries. Univ. Chicago Press.) Download pdf of paper, Download Figure 1 Pianka, E. R. 1967. On lizard species diversity: North American flatland deserts. Ecology 48: 333-351. Download pdf 
Pianka, E. R. 1969. Notes on the biology of Varanus caudolineatus and Varanus gilleni. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 76- 82. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50: 498-502. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards ( Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012- 1030. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and H. D. Pianka. 1970. The ecology of Moloch horridus (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. Copeia 1970: 90-103. Download pdf 
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Pianka, E. R. 1970. Notes on Varanus brevicauda. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 113-116. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1970. Notes on the biology of Varanus gouldii flavirufus. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 141-144. Download pdf Pianka, H. D. and E. R. Pianka. 1970. Bird censuses from desert localities in Western Australia. Emu 70: 17-22. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1970. Comparative autecology of the lizard Cnemidophorus tigris in different parts of its geographic range. Ecology 51: 703-720. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1970. On r and K selection. American Naturalist 104: 592-597. (Reprinted in 1978 in T. H. Clutton-Brock and P. H. Harvey (eds.) Readings in Sociobiology. Freeman. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (1979), volume 10 (number 47): page 10.) Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1971. Comparative ecology of two lizards. Copeia 1971: 129-138. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1971. Species diversity. Chapter in Topics in the Study of Life: The Bio Source Book, pp. 401-406. Harper and Row, New York. Download pdf  ERP implants a transmitter into the coelom of a Varanus tristis. Pianka, E. R. 1971. Notes on the biology of Varanus tristis. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 180-183. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1971. Ecology of the agamid lizard Amphibolurus isolepis in Western Australia. Copeia 1971: 527-536. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1971. Notes on the biology of Amphibolurus cristatus and Amphibolurus scutulatus. Western Australian Naturalist 12: 36-41. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and R. B. Huey. 1971. Bird species density in the Kalahari and the Australian deserts. Koedoe 14: 123-130. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1971. Lizard species density in the Kalahari desert. Ecology 52: 1024-1029. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1972. Zoogeography and speciation of Australian desert lizards: An ecological perspective. Copeia 1972: 127-145. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and W. S. Parker. 1972. Ecology of the iguanid lizard Callisaurus draconoides. Copeia 1972: 493-508. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1972. r and K selection or b and d selection? American Naturalist 106: 581-588. Download pdf Parker, W. S. and E. R. Pianka. 1973. Notes on the ecology of the iguanid lizard, Sceloporus magister. Herpetologica 29: 143-152. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1973. The structure of lizard communities. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4: 53-74. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences) (1988), volume 19 (number 35): page 18.) Download pdf Parker, W. S. and E. R. Pianka. 1974. Further ecological observations on the western banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus. Copeia 1974: 528-531. Download pdf Huey, R. B., E. R. Pianka, M. E. Egan, and L. W. Coons. 1974. Ecological shifts in sympatry: Kalahari fossorial lizards (Typhlosaurus). Ecology 55: 304-316. Download pdf 
Pickling assembly line in the Kalahari, 1970. Left to right: Larry Coons, Ray Huey, and Eric Pianka. Pianka, E. R. 1974. Niche overlap and diffuse competition. Proc. Nat. Acad Sci. 71: 2141-2145. (Reprinted in 1975 in R. H. Whittaker and S. A. Levin (eds.) Niche: theory and application, Benchmark Papers in Ecology. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross.) Download pdf Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 1974. Ecological character displacement in a lizard. American Zoologist 14: 1127-1136. Download pdf 
Pianka, E. R. and W. S. Parker. 1975. Ecology of
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Wake, D. B., R. G. Zwiefel, H. Desauer, G. Nace, E. R. Pianka, G. B. Rabb, R. Ruibal, J. Wright, and G. R. Zug. 1975. Report of the Committee on Resources in Herpetology. Copeia 1975: 391-404. Wake, D. B., R. G. Zwiefel, H. Desauer, G. Nace, E. R. Pianka, G. B. Rabb, R. Ruibal, J. Wright, and G. R. Zug. 1975. Collections of preserved amphibians and reptiles in the United States. Herpetological Circ. 3: 1-22. Wake, D. B., R. G. Zwiefel, H. Desauer, G. Nace, E. R. Pianka, G. B. Rabb, R. Ruibal, J. Wright, and G. R. Zug. 1975. Recommendations for the management of herpetological museum collections. Herpetological Review 6: 34-36. Pianka, E. R. 1975. Niche relations of desert lizards. Chapter 12 (pp. 292-314) in M. Cody and J. Diamond (eds.) Ecology and Evolution of Communities. Harvard University Press. Read Parts On Line. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and W. S. Parker. 1975. Age-specific reproductive tactics. American Naturalist 109: 453-464. Download pdf Parker, W. S. and E. R. Pianka. 1975. Comparative ecology of populations of the lizard Uta stansburiana. Copeia 1975: 615- 632. Download pdf 
Pianka, E. R. and H. D. Pianka. 1976. Comparative ecology of twelve
species of nocturnal lizards (Gekkonidae) in the Western Australian
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Parker, W. S. and E. R. Pianka. 1976. Ecological observations on the leopard lizard Crotaphytus wislizeni in different parts of its range. Herpetologica 32: 95-114. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1976. Competition and niche theory. Chapter 7 (pp. 114- 141) in R. M. May (ed.) Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications. Blackwell. Pianka, E. R. 1976. Natural selection of optimal reproductive tactics. American Zoologist 16: 775-784. Download pdf. Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 1977. Natural selection for juvenile lizards mimicking noxious beetles. Science 195: 201-203. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1977. Reptilian species diversity. Chapter 1 (pp. 1-34) in C. Gans and D.W. Tinkle (eds.) Biology of the Reptilia, Academic Press, New York. Download pdf Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 1977. Patterns of niche overlap among broadly sympatric versus narrowly sympatric Kalahari lizards (Scincidae: Mabuya). Ecology 58: 119-128. Download pdf. Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 1977. Seasonal variation in thermoregulatory behavior and body temperature of diurnal Kalahari lizards. Ecology 58: 1066-1075. (With an Appendix by J. A. Hoffman.) Download pdf. Schall, J. J. and E. R. Pianka. 1977. Species densities of reptiles and amphibians on the Iberian peninsula. Donana, Acta Vertebrata 4: 27-34. Download pdf 
Pianka, E. R. and R. B. Huey. 1978.
Comparative ecology, niche segregation, and resource utilization
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Schall, J. J. and E. R. Pianka. 1978. Geographical trends in numbers of species. Science 201: 679-686. Download pdf Schoener, T. W., R. B. Huey, and E. R. Pianka. 1979. A biogeographic extension of the compression hypothesis: Competitors in narrow sympatry. American Naturalist 113: 295-298. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1979. Diversity and niche structure in desert communities. Chapter 10 (pp. 321-341) in R. Perry and D.Goodall (eds.) Arid-Land Ecosystems: Structure, Function and Management, Cambridge University Press. Download pdf Pianka, E. R., R. B. Huey and L. R. Lawlor. 1979. Niche segregation in desert lizards. Chapter 4 (pp. 67-115) in D. J. Horn, R. Mitchell, and G. R. Stairs (eds.) Analysis of Ecological Systems. Ohio State University Press, Columbus. Download pdf Schall, J. J. and E. R. Pianka. 1980. Evolution of escape behavior diversity. American Naturalist 115: 551-566. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1980. Konkurrenz und Theorie der okologischen Nische. Chapter 7 (pp. 105-128) in R. M. May (ed.) Theoretische Okologie. Verlag Chemie, Basel. Pianka, E. R. 1980. Guild structure in desert lizards. Oikos 35: 194- 201. Download pdf Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 1981. Ecological consequences of foraging mode. Ecology 62: 991-999. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1981. Competition and niche theory. Chapter 8 (pp. 167- 196) in R. M. May (ed.) Theoretical Ecology, Second Edition, Blackwell. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1981. Diversity and adaptive radiations of Australian desert lizards. Chapter 50 (pp. 1375-1392) in A. Keast (ed.) Ecological Biogeography in Australia. D. W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands. (Reprinted in 1984 as Chapter 4.6 (pp. 371-376) in M. Archer and G. Clayton (eds.) Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia. University of New South Wales, Kensington, N. S. W., Australia.) Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and J. J. Schall. 1981. Species densities of terrestrial vertebrates in Australia. Chapter 59 (pp. 1675-1694) in A. Keast (ed.) Ecological Biogeography in Australia. D. W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands. (Reprinted in 1984 as Chapter 1.11 (pp. 119-124) in M. Archer and G. Clayton (eds.) Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia. University of New South Wales, Kensington, N. S. W., Australia.) Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1981. Resource acquisition and allocation among animals. Chapter 12 (pp. 300-314) in C. Townsend and P. Calow (eds.) Physiological Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach to Resource Use. Blackwell. Download pdf Ricklefs, R. E., D. Cochran, and E. R. Pianka. 1981. A morphological analysis of the structure of communities of lizards in desert habitats. Ecology 62: 1474-1483. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1982. Observations on the ecology of Varanus in the Great Victoria desert. Western Australian Naturalist 15: 37-44. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and W. F. Giles. 1982. Notes on the biology of two species of nocturnal skinks, Egernia inornata and Egernia striata, in the Great Victoria desert. Western Australian Naturalist 15: 44-49. Download pdf Huey, R. B., E. R. Pianka, and T. W. Schoener. 1983. Introduction (pp. 1-6) in R. B. Huey, E. R. Pianka, and T. W. Schoener.(eds.) Lizard Ecology: Studies of a Model Organism. Harvard University Press. Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 1983. Temporal separation of activity and interspecific dietary overlap (with an Appendix by S. L. Pimm). Chapter 13 (pp. 281-296) in Huey, R. B. , E. R. Pianka, and T. W. Schoener (eds.) Lizard Ecology: Studies of a Model Organism. Harvard University Press. Huey, R. B., E. R. Pianka, and C. M. Cavalier. 1983. Ecology of Lizards in the Kalahari Desert, Africa. National Geographic Society Research Reports 16: 365- 370. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1985. Ecological dynamics of Australian desert lizards: or, the L-area revisited. National Geographic Society Research Reports 18: 581-591. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1985. Some intercontinental comparisons of desert lizards. National Geographic Research 1: 490-504. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1985. A wild analogy. BioScience 35: 685. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1986. Ecological phenomena in evolutionary perspective. Chapter 16 (pp. 325-336) in N. Polunin (ed.) Ecosystem Theory and Application. Wiley and Sons. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1987. Waiting for the apple to fall, or pooling our brainpower. Bull. Ecol. Soc. America 68: 12-13. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1987. The subtlety, complexity and importance of population interactions when more than two species are involved. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 351-362. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1988. Destiny. Bull. Ecol. Soc. America 69: 33. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1989. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 4: 223. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1989. Desert lizard diversity: additional comments and some data. American Naturalist 134: 344-364. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1989. The role of plants in evolutionary ecology. Evolutionary Trends in Plants 3: 75-80. Download pdf Winemiller, K. O. and E. R. Pianka. 1990. Organization in natural assemblages of desert lizards and tropical fishes. Ecological Monographs 60: 27-55. Download pdf. Duellman, W. E. and E. R. Pianka. 1990. Biogeography of nocturnal insectivores: historical events and ecological filters. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 21: 57-68. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1991. Phrynosoma platyrhinos. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. pp. 517.1-517.4. Pianka, E. R. 1992. A land of lizards. Landscope 7 (3): 10-16. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1992. Fire Ecology. Disturbance, spatial heterogeneity, and biotic diversity: fire succession in arid Australia. Research and Exploration 8: 352-371. Pianka, E. R. 1992. Evolution and the ecosystem. Pages 9-19 in S. Baba, O. Akerele, and Y. Kawaguchi (eds.) Natural Resources and Human Health - Plants of medicinal and nutritional value. Proceedings of the First World Health Organization Symposium on Plants and Health for all: Scientific Advancement, Kobe, Japan, 26-28 August 1991. Elsevier Science Publishers. Pianka, E. R. 1992. The state of the art in community ecology. In K. Adler (ed.) Herpetology. Current Research on the Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles. Proceedings of the First World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury. Contributions to Herpetology, Number 9: 141-162. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1992. Reproductive tactics. Pages 189-209 in R. Dallai (ed.) Sex origin and evolution. Proc. of International Symposium on Origin and Evolution of Sex, Siena, September 9-11, 1991. Mucchi Editore, Italy. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1993. The many dimensions of a lizard's ecological niche. Chapter 9 (pp. 121-154) in E. D. Valakos, W. Bohme, V. Perez-Mellado, and P. Maragou (eds.) Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin. Hellenic Zoological Society. University of Athens, Greece. Download pdf Haydon, D. T. , R. R. Radtkey, and E. R. Pianka. 1993. Experimental Biogeography: Interactions between stochastic, historical, and ecological processes in a model archipelago. Chapter 11 (pp. 117-130) in R. E. Ricklefs and D. Schluter (eds.) Species Diversity in Ecological Communities: Historical and Geographical Perspectives. University of Chicago Press. Download pdf Heatwole, H. and E. R. Pianka. 1993. Natural History of the Squamata. Pages 197-209 in G. J. B. Ross (ed.) Fauna of Australia. Volume 2. Amphibia Reptilia Aves. Australian Biological and Environmental Survey, Canberra. Download pdf Vitt, L. J., and E. R. Pianka. 1994. Introduction and acknowledgments. Pages ix-xii in Vitt, L. J. and E. R. Pianka (eds.), Lizard Ecology: Historical and Experimental Perspectives. Princeton University Press. 403 pp. Haydon, D. T., B. I. Crother, and E. R. Pianka. 1994. New directions in biogeography? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9: 403-406. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1994. Comparative ecology of Varanus in the Great Victoria desert. Australian Journal of Ecology 19: 395-408. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1994. Biodiversity of Australian desert lizards. In C. I. Peng and C. H. Chou (eds.) Biodiversity and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Institute of Botany, Academica Sinica, Monograph Series No. 14, pp. 259-281. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 1995. Evolution of body size: Varanid lizards as a model system. American Naturalist 146: 398-414. Download pdf. Pianka, E. R. 1995. Desert lizard ecology: Panglobal comparisons. Hardun. Journal of the Israel Herpetological Information Center, No. 6: 25-38. (in hebrew). Pianka, E. R. 1996. Long-term changes in lizard assemblages in the Great Victoria Desert: Dynamic habitat mosaics in response to wildfires. Chapter 8 (pp. 191-215) in M. L. Cody and J. A. Smallwood (eds.) Long-term Studies of Vertebrate Communities. Academic Press. Download pdf Pianka, G. A., E. R. Pianka, and G. G. Thompson. 1996. Egg laying by thorny devils (Moloch horridus) under natural conditions in the Great Victoria desert. J. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 79: 195-198. Download pdf Perry, G. and E. R. Pianka. 1997. Animal foraging: past, present and future. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 360-364. Download pdf Couper, P. J. and E. R. Pianka. 1997. Synonymy of Ctenotus monticola Storr, 1981 and Ctenotus hypatia Ingram and Czechura, 1990. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 12. 
Pianka, E. R. 1997. Australia's thorny devil. Reptiles 5 (11): 14-23. Download pdf Pianka, E. R., D. M. Hillis, D. C. Cannatella, M. J. Ryan, and J. J. Wiens. 1998. Teaching Herpetology. Herpetologica 54 (Supplement): S3-S5. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and W. L. Hodges . 1998. Horned lizards. Reptiles 6 (6): 48-63. Translated into Finnish in 2003, published as Sarvikonnaliskot -- Phrynosoma in Herpetomania 12: 5-19. Pianka, G. A., E. R. Pianka, and G. G. Thompson. 1998. Natural history of thorny devils Moloch horridus (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in the Great Victoria desert. J. Royal Society of Western Australia 81: 183- 190. Download pdf Thompson, G. G., E. R. Pianka, and M. de Boer. 1999. Body temperatures of an arboreal monitor lizard, Varanus tristis (Squamata: Varanidae) during the breeding season. Amphibia- Reptilia 20: 82-88. Download pdf Thompson, G. G. and E. R. Pianka. 1999. Reproductive ecology of the black-headed goanna Varanus tristis (Squamata: Varanidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 82: 27-31. Download pdf Thompson, G. G., M. de Boer, and E. R. Pianka. 1999. Activity areas and daily movements of an arboreal monitor lizard, Varanus tristis (Squamata: Varanidae) during the breeding season. Australian Journal of Ecology 24: 117-122. Download pdf Pearson, D. J., D. R. King, and E. R. Pianka. 1999. New localities for the western pygmy possum, Cercartetus concinnus. Western Australian Naturalist 22: 205-207. Haydon, D. T. and E. R. Pianka. 1999. Metapopulation theory, landscape models, and species diversity. EcoScience 6: 316-328. Abstract, Download pdf Haydon, D. T., J. K. Friar, and E. R. Pianka. 2000. Fire Driven Dynamic Habitat Mosaics in the Great Victoria Desert I: Fire Geometry. Landscape Ecology 15: 373-381. Abstract, Download pdf Haydon, D. T., J. K. Friar, and E. R. Pianka. 2000. Fire Driven Dynamic Habitat Mosaics in the Great Victoria Desert II: A spatial and temporal landscape model. Landscape Ecology 15: 407-423. Abstract, Download pdf Farlow, J. O. and E. R . Pianka. 2000. Body form and trackway pattern in Australian desert monitors (Squamata: Varanidae): Comparing zoological and ichnological diversity. Palaios 15: 235-247. Abstract, Download pdf Huey, R. B., E. R. Pianka, and L. J. Vitt. 2001. How often do lizards "run on empty?" Ecology 82: 1-7. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2001. The wonderful lizards of Oz. Fauna 2: 8-17. Thompson, G. G. and E. R. Pianka. 2001. Allometry of Clutch and Neonate Sizes in Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus). Copeia 2001: 443-458. Download pdf Winemiller, K. O., E. R. Pianka, L. J. Vitt, and A. Joern. 2001. Food web laws or niche theory? Six independent empirical tests. American Naturalist 158: 193- 199. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2001. The role of phylogenetics in evolutionary ecology. Pp. 1-20 in Herpetologia Candiana. P. Lymberakis, E. Valakos, P. Pafilis, and M. Mylonas (eds), Natural History Museum of Crete, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Irakleio Crete 2001. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2001. Evolutionary Stable Strategies. pp. 669-671 in Encyclopedia of Genetics, Academic Press. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2002. Species Diversity. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution. Pianka, E. R. 2002. Adaptation. In a 4 volume Encyclopedia, titled "Biology for Students Vol. II. Evolution." Reference Division, Macmillan Publishing. Link to read. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2002. Convergent Evolution. In a 4 volume Encyclopedia, titled "Biology for Students Vol. II. Evolution." Reference Division, Macmillan Publishing. Link to read. Pianka, E. R. 2002. Natural Selection. In a 4 volume Encyclopedia, titled "Biology for Students Vol. II. Evolution." Reference Division, Macmillan Publishing. Link to read. Pianka, E. R. 2002. Forward. Pages xi-xiii in J. B. Murphy, C. Ciofi, Colomba de La Panouse and T. Walsh (eds.) Komodo dragons: Biology and conservation. Smithsonian Institute Press. King, D. R., E. R. Pianka, and B. Green. 2002. Biology, ecology, and evolution. Chapter 2 (pages 23-41) in J. B. Murphy, C. Ciofi, Colomba de La Panouse and T. Walsh (eds.) Komodo dragons: Biology and conservation. Smithsonian Institute Press. Pianka, E. R. 2002. A general review of zoological trends during the 20th century. A. Legakis, S. Sfenthourakis, R. Polymeni, and M. Thessalou-Legaki, eds. Proc. 18th International Congress of Zoology, pp.3-13. Opening address at the 18th International Congress of Zoology, Athens 2001. Abstract. Download pdf Vitt, L. J., E. R. Pianka, W. E. Cooper, and K. Schwenk. 2003. History and the global ecology of squamate reptiles. American Naturalist 162: 44-60. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2003. Squamata. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. pp. 195-208. Pianka, E. R. 2003. Agamidae. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. pp. 209-222. Pianka, E. R. 2003. Dibamidae. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. pp. 271-272. Pianka, E. R. 2003. Scincidae. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. pp. 327-338. Pianka, E. R. 2003. Varanidae. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. pp. 359-368. Thompson, G. G., P. C. Withers, E. R. Pianka, and S. A. Thompson. 2003. Assessing biodiversity with species accumulation curves: Inventories of small reptiles by pit-trapping in Western Australia. Austral Ecology 28: 361-383. Download pdf Thompson, G. G., S. A. Thompson, P. C. Withers and E. R. Pianka. 2003 Diversity and abundance of pit-trapped reptiles of arid and mesic habitats in Australia: Biodiversity for Environmental Impact Assessments. Pacific Conservation Biology 9: 120-135. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2003. Australian Desert Varanids. Reptilia 30: 20-26. Translated in Europe into German and Spanish. Pianka, E. R. and W. L. Hodges . 2003. Sarvikonnaliskot -- Phrynosoma. Herpetomania 12: 5-19 (in Finnish). Sweet, S. S. and E. R. Pianka. 2003. The lizard kings. Natural History 112(9): 40- 45. Download pdf Farlow, J. O. and E. R . Pianka. 2003. Body size overlap, habitat partitioning, and living-space requirements of terrestrial vertebrate predators: implications for large-theropod paleoecology. Historical Biology 16: 21-40. Download pdf Jennings, W. B., E. R. Pianka, and S. Donnellan. 2003. Systematics of the lizard family Pygopodidae with implications for the diversification of Australian temperate biotas. Systematic Biology 52: 757-780. Download pdf Vitt, L. J. and E. R. Pianka. 2003. Historical patterns in lizard ecology: what teiids can tell us about lacertids. In V. Perez-Mellado (ed.) Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin. pp. 139-156. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King. 2004. Introduction. Chapter 1 (pp. 3-9) in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Read selected pages on line Molnar, R. E. and E. R. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Biogeography and Phylogeny of Varanoids. Chapter 3 (pp. 68-76) in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Jennings, W. B. and E. R. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Tempo and Timing of the Australian Varanus Radiation. Chapter 4 (pp. 77-87) in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Varanus bengalensis. Pages 156-160 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Varanus olivaceus. Pages 220-224 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Varanus brevicauda. Pages 312-317 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Varanus eremius. Pages 328-334 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Varanus semiremex. Pages 462-465 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Varanus tristis. Pages 477-487 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Lanthanotus borneensis. Pages 535-538 in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. Pianka, E. R. 2004. Evolution of Body Size and Reproductive Tactics. Chapter 9 (pp. 549-555) in Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. 
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S. S. Sweet. 2005. Integrative biology of sticky feet in geckos.
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Vitt, L. J. and E. R. Pianka. 2005. Deep history impacts present day ecology and biodiversity. Proc. Nat. Acad Sci. 102:7877-7881. Download pdf. Download pdf of commentary by Harry Greene Pianka, E. R. 2005. Zur Okologie und Naturgeschichte der Zwergbartagame (Pogona minor) in der Great Victoria Desert (Australien). Draco: 63-66. Download pdf in English. Pianka, E. R. and H. S. Horn. 2005. Ecology's Legacy from Robert MacArthur. Chapter 11 (pp. 213-232) in K. Cuddington and B. Biesner, eds. "Ecological Paradigms Lost: Routes of Theory Change." Elsevier Academic Press. 
Hibbitts, T. J., E. R. Pianka, R. B. Huey, and M. J. Whiting. 2005. Ecology
of the Common Barking Gecko (Ptenopus garrulus) in southern
Africa. J. Herpetology 39: 509-515. Download pdf
Vitt, L. J. and E. R. Pianka. 2006. The Scaly Ones. Natural History. 115 (6): 28-35. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2007. Molokki -- Piikikas paholainen. Herpetomania 16: 5-11 (in Finnish). Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 2007. On Widely Foraging for Kalahari Lizards. Preface, pp. 1-10 in S. M. Reilly, L. D. McBrayer, and D. B. Miles, eds. "Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode." Cambridge University Press. Read on line Vitt, L. J. and E. R. Pianka. 2007. Feeding Ecology in the Natural World. Chapter 5, pp. 141-172 in S. M. Reilly, L. D. McBrayer, and D. B.Miles, eds. "Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode." Cambridge University Press. Download pdf Huey, R. B. and E. R. Pianka. 2007. Lizard thermal biology: do genders differ? Amer. Natur.170: 473-478. Download pdf Sweet, S. S. and E. R. Pianka. 2007. Monitors, mammals and Wallace's Line. Third multidisciplinary world conference on monitor lizards, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany. Mertensiella 16: 79-99. Download pdf King, D. R. and E. R. Pianka. 2007. Ecology of the Pygmy Monitor Varanus brevicauda in Western Australia. Third multidisciplinary world conference on monitor lizards, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany. Mertensiella 16: 304-311. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2007. An update on the Ecology of the Pygmy Monitor Varanus eremius in Western Australia. Third multidisciplinary world conference on monitor lizards, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany. Mertensiella 16: 346-352. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2008. Autecology. In Jorgensen, S. E., ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier. Pianka, E. R. 2008. Evolutionary Ecology. In Jorgensen, S. E., ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier. Pianka, E. R. 2008. Optimal Foraging. In Jorgensen, S. E., ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier. Pianka, E. R. 2008. Reproductive Tactics. In Jorgensen, S. E., ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier. Pianka, E. R. 2008. r and K selection. In Jorgensen, S. E., ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier. Pianka, E. R. 2008. Synecology. In Jorgensen, S. E., ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier. 
Goodyear, S. E. and E. R Pianka. 2008. Sympatric Ecology of Five Species of Fossorial Snakes (Elapidae) in Western Australia. J. Herpetology 42: 279-285. Download pdf Costa, G. C., Vitt, L. J. , E. R. Pianka, D. O. Mesquita and G. R. Colli. 2008. Optimal foraging constrains macroecological patterns: Body size and dietary niche breadth in lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 670-677. Download pdf 
Harp, C. A., S. E. Goodyear, and E. R. Pianka. 2010. Ctenotus helenae (Helen's Comb-Eared Skink) Hermaphroditism. Herpetological Review 41: 353-354. Download pdf 
Pianka, E. R. 2010. Notes on the ecology of four species of pygopodid lizards in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 27: 175-181. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2011. Scientific Methods and Human Knowledge. Pp. 1-7 in M. Hutchins, V. Geist, and E. R. Pianka, eds. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Evolution. Gale Publishing Group. Pianka, E. R. 2011. Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence. Pp. 235-242 in M. Hutchins, V. Geist, and E. R. Pianka, eds. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Evolution. Gale Publishing Group. Download pdf 
 Pianka, E. R. 2011. Notes on the natural history of
the tiny skink Menetia greyi.
Western Australian
Naturalist 28: 12-17.
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Pianka, E. R. and C. A. Harp. 2011. Notes on the natural history of Buchanan's snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus buchananii in arid Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 28: 43-49. Download pdf Pianka, E. R. 2011. Notes on the ecology of some uncommon skinks in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 28: 50-60. Download pdf 
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