Why are there so many coexisting species of lizards in Australian deserts?

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-141

  James, C D ^a   Shine, R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate volume; Lizards; Regional diversity; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COEXISTENCE; DESERT; LIZARD; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; CTENOTUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SPINIFEX; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033792469     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008884     Document Type: Article

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