Lizard Assemblages from Natural Cerrado Enclaves in Southwestern Amazonia: The Role of Stochastic Extinctions and Isolation

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-519

  Gainsbury, Alison Melissa ^a   Colli, Guarino Rinaldi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Cerrado; Community structure; Extinction; Lizards; Long term isolation; Null models

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY OVERLAP; EXTINCTION; ISOLATION EFFECT; LIZARD;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; RONDONIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1642539032     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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