Spatial ecology of the Mona Island iguana Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri in an undisturbed environment

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-355

  Pérez Buitrago, Néstor ^a   Sabat, Alberto ^a   Funk, S M ^a,b   García, Miguel A ^c   Álvarez, Alberto O ^c   McMillan, W Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Natural and Environmental Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclura; Density; Home range; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748934153     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407782424575     Document Type: Article

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