Effects of urbanization on behavior, performance, and morphology of the Garden Skink, Lampropholis guichenoti

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-159

  Prosser, Christine ^a   Hudson, Simon ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33845332713     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/38-05A.1     Document Type: Article

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