Seasonal and diel activity patterns of Italian wall lizards, Podarcis sicula campestris, in New York

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-360

  Burke, Russell L ^a   Ner, Sylwia E ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODARCIS; PODARCIS SICULA; PODARCIS SICULA CAMPESTRIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33645740986     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0349:SADAPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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