The impact of industrial fluoride fallout on faunal succession following sand mining of dry sclerophyll forest at Tomago, NSW. -I. Lizard recolonisation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-81

  Letnic, Michael I ^a   Fox, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; disturbance; fluoride; habitat selection; lizards; pollution; sand mining; succession

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; LIZARD; RECOLONIZATION; SCLEROPHYLL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, TOMAGO;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; CARLIA TETRADACTYLA; CTENOTUS ROBUSTUS; CTENOTUS TAENIOLATUS; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031107132     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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