Population ecology of Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizards in high elevation foothill habitat

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Germano, David J ^a   Williams, Daniel F ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Endangered Species Recovery Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTAPHYTINAE; FELIDAE; GAMBELIA SILA; PANTHERA PARDUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 16244397395     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0001:PEOBLL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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