Are there shared general patterns of specific diversity, abundance, and guild structure in snake communities of tropical forests of Madagascar and continental Africa?

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-239

  Andreone, F ^a   Luiselli, L ^a  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CAMEROON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MADAGASCAR; NIGERIA; PANAMA; SNAKE; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TROPICS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUILD STRUCTURE; SNAKE; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0033762979     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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