Activity areas and daily movements of an arboreal monitor lizard, Varanus tristis (Squamata: Varanidae) during the breeding season

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Thompson, G G ^a   De Boer, M ^b   Pianka, E R ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hogeschool Holland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity areas; Ecology; Movements; Varanus tristis

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044399035     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.241952.x     Document Type: Article

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