Dispersal of namaqua fig (Ficus cordata cordata) seeds by the Augrabies flat lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-330

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a   Whiting, Martin J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FICUS CORDATA; PLATYSAURUS; PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032704422     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565735     Document Type: Article

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