Foraging behavior and spacing patterns of the lizard Oligosoma grande

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 632-639

  Eifler, Douglas A ^a,b   Eifler, Maria A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OLIGOSOMA GRANDE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032786393     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565580     Document Type: Article

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