Population dynamics of two species of dragon lizards in arid Australia: The effects of rainfall

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 357-366

  Dickman, Christopher R ^a   Letnic, Mike ^a   Mahon, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Diversity; Dragons; Lizards; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

AGAMIDAE; CTENOPHORUS ISOLEPIS; CTENOPHORUS NUCHALIS; ISOLEPIS; SPINIFEX; SQUAMATA; TRIODIA; TRIODIA BASEDOWII;

EID: 0032995013     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050796     Document Type: Article

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