Habitat use and movement patterns in the graceful crag lizard, Pseudocordylus capensis

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Eifler, Douglas A ^a   Eifler, Maria A ^b   Eifler, Erin N ^c  

^a Haskell Indian Nations University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fynbos; Habitat use; Lizard; Pseudocordylus

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LIZARD; MALE;

PSEUDOCORDYLUS; PSEUDOCORDYLUS CAPENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 35748984092     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[152:HUAMPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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