Thermal ecology and structural habitat use of two sympatric lizards (Carlia vivax and Lygisaurus foliorum) in subtropical Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 616-623

  Singh, Sarinda ^a,b   Smyth, Anita K ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Habitat preferences; Habitat temperature; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CARLIA VIVAX; LYGISAURUS FOLIORUM; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18444371983     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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