Habitat selection in two sympatric Chinese skinks, Eumeces elegans and Sphenomorphus indicus: Do thermal preferences matter?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1300-1306

  Du, W G ^a   Shou, L ^a,b   Shen, J Y ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROCKS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BODY TEMPERATURES; ECTOTHERMS; EUMECES ELEGANS; MICROHABITATS; SPHENOMORPHUS INDICUS; VIVIPARITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUMECES ELEGANS; SCINCIDAE; SPHENOMORPHUS INDICUS;

EID: 33846426810     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-116     Document Type: Article

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