Experimental manipulation of spacing patterns in the widely foraging lizard Cnemidophorus uniparens

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 477-486

  Eifler, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnemidophorus; Food supplementation; Foraging mode; Lizard; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASPIDOSCELIS UNIPARENS; CNEMIDOPHORUS; SQUAMATA; CNEMIDOPHORUS UNIPARENS;

AGGREGATION; HOME RANGE; LIZARD; PREY ABUNDANCE; SPACING PATTERN;

EID: 0030299217     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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