Determinants of survival in juvenile Psammodromus algirus

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-72

  Civantos, Emilio ^a   Forsman, Anders ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body condition; Life history; Microhabitat; Mortality; Snout vent length

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; JUVENILE; LIZARD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS;

EID: 0033854791     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050025     Document Type: Article

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