Historical ecology of Amazonian lizards: Implications for community ecology

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 286-294

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^b   Espósito, Maria Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING;

BRAZIL; CURUA-UNA; PARA STATE;

SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032740253     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546743     Document Type: Article

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