Life-history variation in a community of lacertid lizards from the Lake Skadar region (Montenegro)

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Bejakovic, D ^a,b   Aleksic, I ^a   Tarasjev, A ^a   Crnobrnja Isailovic, J ^a   Dzukic, G ^a   Kalezic, M L ^c  

^a Institute for Biological Research S Stankovi   (Serbia)

^b Plant Protection Centre   (Serbia)

^c Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGYROIDES NIGROPUNCTATUS; ARCHAEOLACERTA OXYCEPHALA; LACERTA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS MELISELLENSIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030454655     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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