Effects of habitat manipulations on Texas horned lizards and their prey

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1366-1370

  Fair, W Scott ^a   Henke, Scott E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; Disking; Grazing; Habitat manipulation; Harvester ant; Phrynosoma cornutum; Pogonomyrmex; Prescribed burning; Texas horned lizard

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HARVESTER ANT; MANAGEMENT; TEXAS HORNED LIZARD;

TEXAS; USA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM; POGONOMYRMEX; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031407230     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802139     Document Type: Article

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