Electronic Thesis and Dissertations Ucla Peer Reviewed Priyanga A. Amarasekare

of the Dissertation .......................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................... vii Biographical Sketch ..................................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1: Evidence for ecological character displacement in a recent contact zone: Invasive Anolis lizards in South Florida .............................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2: Competitive asymmetry and asymmetrical agonistic character displacement in two invasive Anolis lizards in South Florida ............................................................................. 25 Chapter 3: Invasive vs. invasive: Do two invasive Caribbean lizards compete in a shared habitat in South Florida? .................................................................................................................. 49 Chapter 4: Ecological and evolutionary correlates of interspecific territoriality: A comparative study of wood-warblers (Aves: Parulidae) ......................................................................... 79 Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................................... 96 Literature cited ............................................................................................................................. 98 Figures: Figure 1.1 ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 1.2 ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 1.3 ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 1.4 ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 2.1 ..................................................................................................................................... 38 Figure 2.2 ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Figure 2.3 ..................................................................................................................................... 41