Dry season habitat use by lizards in a tropical deciduous forest of Western Mexico

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-490

  Gienger, C M ^a   Beck, Daniel D ^a   Sabari, Nathan C ^a   Stumbaugh, Della L ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036748970     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0487:DSHUBL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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