Habitat use and its effect on body size distribution in a population of the tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 528-530

  Smith, Geoffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 0030440635     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565696     Document Type: Article

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