Body size and microhabitat affect winter survival of hatchling Psammodromus algirus lizards

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1112-1117

  Civantos, Emilio ^a   Salvador, Alfredo ^a   Veiga, José P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BODY SIZE; HATCHING; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER; WINTER;

PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033579523     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447988     Document Type: Article

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