Demography of an urban population of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) in Central Oklahoma

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-331

  Endriss, Debora A ^a   Hellgren, Eric C ^b   Fox, Stanley F ^a   Moody, Raymond W ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tinker AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Demography; Life table analysis; Phrynosoma cornutum; Survival; Texas horned lizard

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; JUVENILE; LIFE TABLE; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 35548973836     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[320:DOAUPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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