Fleshy Fruits in the Diet of Canarian Lizards Gallotia galloti (Lacertidae) in a Xeric Habitat of the Island of Tenerife

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 741-747

  Valido, Alfredo ^a   Nogales, Manuel ^b   Medina, Félix M ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLOTIA GALLOTI; INVERTEBRATA; LACERTIDAE; PLOCAMA PENDULA; RUBIA; RUBIA FRUTICOSA; RUBIACEAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347694413     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/15-02AN     Document Type: Article

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