Natural oak forest vs. ancient pine plantations: Lizard microhabitat use may explain the effects of ancient reforestations on distribution and conservation of Iberian lizards

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3409-3422

  Amo, Luisa ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lacertid lizards; Lizards habitat relationships; Microhabitat use; Oak forest management; Pine plantations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION; REFORESTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREE PLANTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LACERTA LEPIDA; LACERTIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS MURALIS; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 36148947866     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9003-3     Document Type: Article

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