Niche segregation among sympatric Amazonian teiid lizards

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 410-420

  Vitt, L J ^a   Sartorius, S S ^a   Avila Pires, T C S ^b,d   Esposito M C ^b   Miles, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest; Lizards; Niche segregation; Teiidae

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIETARY OVERLAP; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY SELECTION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMEIVA AMEIVA; KENTROPYX ALTAMAZONICA; KENTROPYX PELVICEPS;

EID: 0034097294     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050047     Document Type: Article

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