Niche segregation within a dune lizard community in Coahuila, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-257

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOSCELIS; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; SQUAMATA; SUAEDA SUFFRUTESCENS DETONSA; UMA EXSUL; UTA STEJNEGERI;

EID: 34447280365     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[251:NSWADL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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