Diet of a guild of geckos in a fragmented, human-altered african rainforest

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Rugiero, Lorenzo ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^a   Eniang, Edem A ^b,c   Akani, Godfrey C ^d  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

^b Biodiversity Preservation Group   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^d RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Food habits; Gecko; Monte Carlo simulations; Niche overlap; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS BROOKII; LYGODACTYLUS;

EID: 34547240897     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2007.9635555     Document Type: Article

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