Lizard abundance in an exurban Southwestern Savanna, and the possible importance of roadrunner predation

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 395-401

  Audsley, Blake W ^a   Bock, Carl E ^a   Jones, Zach F ^a   Bock, Jane H ^a   Smith, Hobart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE; LIZARD; PREDATION; RANCHING; SAVANNA; TRANSECT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASPIDOSCELIS UNIPARENS; GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS; HOLBROOKIA MACULATA; SCELOPORUS CLARKII; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 33646247850     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[395:LAIAES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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