Ecological release in lizard assemblages of neotropical savannas

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-195

  Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira ^a   Colli, Guarino Rinaldi ^a   Vitt, Laurie J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian savannas; Cerrado; Community ecology; Ecological factors; Historical factors

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMEIVA AMEIVA; ANOLIS; CNEMIDOPHORUS; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; MICRABLEPHARUS; POLYCHROTINAE; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS;

EID: 34447616966     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0725-z     Document Type: Article

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