Sexual dimorphism and intersexual food niche overlap in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Gvoždík, Lumír ^a,b   Boukal, Milan ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Intersexual differences; Morphometry; Niche breadth

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DIETARY OVERLAP; LIZARD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

LACERTA AGILIS;

EID: 0031796121     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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