Relative use of three types of artificial retreats by terrestrial lizards in grazed coastal shrubland, New Zealand

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-243

  Lettink, Marieke ^a,b   Cree, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Birdlings Flat ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial retreat; Hoplodactylus; Lizard; Oligosoma; Pitfall trap; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547543725     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407781268336     Document Type: Article

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