Evaporative water loss as a restriction on habitat use in endangered New Zealand endemic skinks

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 342-348

  Neilson, Keri A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSOMA; OLIGOSOMA FALLAI; OLIGOSOMA HOMALONOTUM; OLIGOSOMA INFRAPUNCTATUM; OLIGOSOMA STRIATUM; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036746971     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0342:EWLAAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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