Lizard burrows provide thermal refugia for larks in the Arabian Desert

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 714-717

  Williams, Joseph B ^a   Tieleman, B Irene ^b   Shobrak, Mohammed ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alaemon alaudipes; Arabian Desert; Desert birds; Evaporative water loss; Hoopoe Lark; Thermal refugia; Water economy

Indexed keywords

ALAEMON ALAUDICEPS; AMMOMANES CINCTURUS; EREMALAUDA DUNNI; EREMOPTERIX NIGRICEPS;

EID: 0032798544     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370208     Document Type: Article

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