Variation in Growth and Demography of a Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus newmanorum: Xenosauridae) from a Seasonal Tropical Environment in México

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-249

  Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^a   Smith, Geoffrey R ^b   Ballinger, Royce E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Growth; Life history variation; M xico; Reproduction; Tropical cloud forest; Xenosaurus newmanorum

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; LIZARD;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOSAURIDAE; XENOSAURUS NEWMANORUM;

EID: 0142091447     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00283.x     Document Type: Article

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