Competition and morphological similarity: The case of the 'snake-like' lizards Anguis fragilis (Anguidae) and Chalcides chalcides (Scincidae)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-223

  Capizzi, Dario ^a   Anibaldi, Claudio ^b   Rugiero, Lorenzo ^c   Luiselli, Luca ^c,d  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b Centro Ittiologico Oceano   (Italy)

^c Institute of Ecology ^*  (Italy)

^d Institute of Ecology (NSF)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY;

ITALY;

ANGUIS FRAGILIS; CHALCIDES CHALCIDES;

EID: 0031758594     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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