Growth effort of Sceloporus scalaris (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) at La Michilía Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-155

  Ortega Rubio, Alfredo ^a   Barbault, Robert ^b   Halffter, Gonzalo ^a   Castellanos, Aradit ^c   Salinas, Federico ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Durango; Growth effort; La Michil a Biosphere Reserve; Lizards; Mexico; Sceloporus scalaris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346341245     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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