Influence of microhabitat factors on capture rates of lizards in a coastal New Zealand environment

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-196

  Lettink, Marieke ^a,b   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSOMA MACCANNI; OLIGOSOMA NIGRIPLANTARE POLYCHROMA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34250867405     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[187:IOMFOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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