Reptiles and breeding birds on Mt. Hermon: Patterns of altitudinal distribution and species richness

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-33

  Nathan, Ran ^a,b   Werner, Yehudah L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; AVIFAUNA; RAPOPORT RULE; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0032834081     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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