Foraging behavior and spacing patterns of the lizard Cnemidophorus uniparens

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-33

  Eifler, Douglas A ^a,b   Eifler, Maria A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNEMIDOPHORUS UNIPARENS;

EID: 0031800411     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565475     Document Type: Article

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