Macro- and microhabitat use of Telfair's skink (Leiolopisma telfairii) on Round Island, Mauritius: Implications for their translocation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-323

  Pernetta, Angelo P ^a,d   Bell, Diana J ^a   Jones, Carl G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Mauritius Wildlife Foundation   (Mauritius)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecological scale; Habitat use; Invasive species; Leiolopisma telfairii; Lizard; Mauritius; Microhabitat; Round Island; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

BLATTARIA; LEIOLOPISMA TELFAIRII; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 29144449237     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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