Disturbance effects from fire and mining produce different lizard communities in eastern Australian forests

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-204

  Taylor, Jennifer E ^a   Fox, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ctenotus; Lampropholis; Open forest; Reptile; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041459998     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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