The impact of individual tree harvesting on thermal environments of lizards in Amazonian rain forest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 654-664

  Vitt, Lauriej ^a,b   Teresa, C ^a   Avila Pires, S ^a   Caldwell, Janalee P ^a   Oliveira, Veronica R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CANOPY GAP; HARVESTING; LIZARD; RAINFOREST; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031804012     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96407.x     Document Type: Article

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