Population profile of an introduced species, the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), on Vancouver Island, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Allan, G Michael ^a,b   Prelypchan, Christopher J ^a,b   Gregory, Patrick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ELGARIA COERULEA; PODARCIS MURALIS; POPULATION PROFILE; WALL LIZARDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

LIZARD; MITIGATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ALLIGATOR; ELGARIA COERULEA; PODARCIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33645986694     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-176     Document Type: Article

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