Nest-site selection by Psammodromus algirus in a laboratory thermal gradient

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-364

  Iraeta, Pablo ^a   Díaz, José A ^a   Bauwens, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 35148888772     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[360:NSBPAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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