Ecological relationships among sympatric lizards in a transitional forest in the northern Amazon of Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-86

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Diets; Ecology; Lizards; Microhabitat; Neotropics; Niche; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOREST-SAVANNA; LIZARD ASSEMABLAGE; RAINFOREST;

BRAZIL, RORAIMA STATE;

EID: 0031942075     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000066     Document Type: Article

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