Habitat use of sympatric populations of Podarcis sicula and P. melisellensis on a small Adriatic island

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Grbac, Irena ^a   Brnin, Kristina ^b  

^a CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Habitat use; Island; Podarcis melisellensis; Podarcis sicula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS SICULA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745155431     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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