Reproductive investment of a lacertid lizard in fragmented habitat

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1578-1585

  Díaz, José A ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^b   Tellería, José L ^a   Carbonell, Roberto ^c   Santos, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Forest fragmentation; Habitat quality; Psammodromus

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LACERTIDAE; PSAMMODROMUS; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 28344453767     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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