Microhabitat selection of five-lined skinks in northern peripheral populations

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-342

  Quirt, Kate C ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^b   Howes, Briar J ^a   Lougheed, Stephen C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMECES FASCIATUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33845312311     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[335:MSOFSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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