Differential colonization success and asymmetrical interactions between two lizard species

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 252-258

  Losos, Jonathan B ^a   Spiller, David A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Asymmetrical competition vs. intraguild predation; Bahamas; Central; Colonization success vs. interspecific competition; Field experiment; Habitat use; Lizards; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISLAND; LIZARD; POPULATION DENSITY;

BAHAMAS;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ANOLIS SAGREI; CAROLINENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032923114     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0252:DCSAAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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