Diet and habitat use of frillneck lizards in a seasonal tropical environment

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Griffiths, Anthony D ^a   Christian, Keith A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydosaurus kingii; Diet; Food availability; Habitat use; Seasonal ecology

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOSAURUS TZINGII; CHLAMYDOSAURUS KINGII; DREPANOTERMES; ISOPTERA;

DIET; FRILLNECK LIZARD; HABITAT USE; HARVESTER TERMITE; TERMITE;

AUSTRALIA, NORDEN TERRITORY, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0029668496     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334405     Document Type: Article

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