Winter aggregation and its relationship to social status in the tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 240-248

  Olaf Elfström, Ernst Bruce ^a,b   Zucker, Naida ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 0345440016     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565721     Document Type: Article

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