Growth of Sceloporus grammicus in La Michilia biosphere reserve, Mexico

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-126

  Ortega Rubio, Alfredo ^a,c   Halffter, Gonzalo ^a   Barbault, Robert ^b   Castellanos, Aradit ^c   Salinas, Federico ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCELOPORUS GRAMMICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032700025     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565551     Document Type: Article

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