Effect of a control burn on lizards and their structural environment in a eucalypt open-forest

Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-454

  Singh, Sarinda ^a,b   Smyth, Anita K ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; CARLIA VIVAX; LYGISAURUS FOLIORUM; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036972049     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01015     Document Type: Article

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