The sensitivity of lizards to elevation: A case study from south-eastern Australia

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-233

  Fischer, Joern ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Elevation; Lizards; Reptiles; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18444416384     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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