Islands in a sea of sand: Use of Acacia trees by tree skinks in the Kalahari Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-381

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Whiting, Martin J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; Acacia erioloba; Activity; Mabuya striata sparsa; Microhabitat use; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DESERT; LIZARD; SHADING; TREE;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT;

ACACIA;

EID: 0033867609     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0616     Document Type: Article

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