Prey use among sympatric lizard species in lowland rain forest of Nicaragua

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-559

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Lizard ecology; Neotropics; Nicaragua; Prey size; Pseudocommunity analysis; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; GUILD STRUCTURE; LIZARD; RAINFOREST;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0031713426     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000388     Document Type: Article

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