Daily and seasonal activity patterns of a lizard guild in the sand dunes of Viesca, Coahuila, Mexico;Ciclos de actividad diaria y estacional de un gremio de saurios en las dunas de arena de Viesca, Coahuila, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-147

  García De La Peña, Cristina ^a   Gadsden, Héctor ^b   Contreras Balderas, Armando J ^a   Castañeda, Gamaliel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b A C   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspidoscelis marmorata; Temporal niche; Uma exsul; Uta stejnegeri

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOSCELIS; SQUAMATA; UMA EXSUL; UTA STEJNEGERI;

EID: 34347355582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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