Seasonal and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the Australian skink Egernia stokesii

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 414-419

  Duffield, Glen A ^a   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult diet; Australia; Egernia stokesii; Herbivory; Juvenile diet; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; ONTOGENY; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EGERNIA STOKESII;

EID: 0031713863     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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