Habitat quality predicts the distribution of a lizard in fragmented woodlands better than habitat fragmentation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-56

  Santos, T ^a   Diaz J A ^a   Perez tris J ^a   Carbonell, R ^a,b   Telleria J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Polígono Industrial de Villamuriel de Cerrato   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deciduous and evergreen forests; Food abundance; Fragment isolation; Fragment size; Psammodromus algirus; Thermal quality

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOODLAND;

ANIMALIA; LACERTIDAE; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 38949211473     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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