Ontogenetic shift in the rate of plant consumption in a tropical lizard (Liolaemus lutzae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-279

  Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOLAEMUS LUTZAE;

EID: 0031869936     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565309     Document Type: Article

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