A preliminary study on thermal ecology, activity times and microhabitat use of Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Pyrenees

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-422

  Amat, Fèlix ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a   Carretero, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Annual activity; Diel activity; Habitat; Pyrenees; Sand lizard; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; THERMOREGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

AMPHIBIA; LACERTA; LACERTA AGILIS; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1642423687     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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