Tameness of insular lizards and loss of biological diversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1142-1143

  Delibes, Miguel ^a   Blázquez, M Carmen ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

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EID: 0031698184     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97429.x     Document Type: Note

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