Seasonality in diet, perch use, and reproduction of the gecko Gonatodes humeralis from Eastern Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-438

  Miranda, Jivanildo P ^a,b   Andrade, Gilda V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GONATODES HUMERALIS; INVERTEBRATA; PERCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038687711     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0433:SIDPUA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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