The lizard assemblage from seasonally dry tropical forest enclaves in the Cerrado biome, Brazil, and its association with the Pleistocenic Arc

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1983-1992

  Werneck, Fernanda P ^a   Colli, Guarino R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brazil; Caatinga; Cerrado; Chaco; Community; Lizards; Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRY SEASON; ENCLAVE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LIZARD; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 33749549707     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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