Prey-handling and the evolutionary ecology of sand-swimming lizards (Lerista: Scincidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-361

  Pough, F Harvey ^a,c   Preest, Marion R ^a,d   Fusari, Margaret H ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenotus; Diet; Feeding; Lerista; Sand swimming

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CTENOTUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LERISTA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030727917     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050320     Document Type: Article

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