Temporal variations in reptile assemblages in the Goldfields of Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-36

  Thompson, Scott A ^a   Thompson, G G ^b  

^a ATA Environmental   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EIA; Fauna surveys; Ora Banda; Pit trapping; Reptile assemblage; Seasons; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PITFALL TRAP; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPTILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ORA BANDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ORA; REPTILIA;

EID: 27844473333     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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