Body form and trackway pattern in Australian desert monitors (Squamata: Varanidae): Comparing zoological and ichnological diversity

Palaios

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-247

  Farlow, James O ^a   Pianka, Eric R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRACKWAY;

AUSTRALIA;

SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS; VARANUS GRISEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034210818     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2000)015<0235:BFATPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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