Population density, microhabitat use and activity pattern of the Indian rock lizard, Psammophilus dorsalis (Agamidae)

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 560-566

  Redder, Rajkumar S ^a,b   Saidapur, Srinivas K ^a   Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basking; Foraging; Perch height; Population size; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27944449204     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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