Factors affecting range expansion in the introduced Mediterranean Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 526-530

  Locey, Kenneth J ^a   Stone, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS;

EID: 34247480125     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[526:FAREIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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