Lizard assemblage response to a forest ecotone in northeastern australia: A synecological approach

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-419

  Conroy, S ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; PYGOPODIDAE; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 0032750060     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565637     Document Type: Article

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