Does vegetation cover affect the rate of capture of ground-active lizards in pitfall traps?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 359-365

  Schlesinger, Christine A ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; LIZARD; PITFALL TRAP; SAMPLING; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA; POACEAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548435244     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR06141     Document Type: Article

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