Effects of vegetation loss on a sand dune lizard

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-30

  Attum, Omar A ^a,b   Eason, Perri K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus longipes; Agriculture; Body condition; Distance from refuge; Egypt; Grazing; Habitat degradation; Predation; Thermoregulatory behavior; Vegetation loss

Indexed keywords

DUNE; LIZARD; PREDATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ACANTHODACTYLUS LONGIPES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33646476426     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[27:EOVLOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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