Patterns of body size and habitat use in a lizard assemblage

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-167

  James, Sarah E ^a   M'Closkey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Lizards; Ontogenetic habitat shifts; Predation; Sceloporus; Size distribution; Territoriality; Urosaurus; Uta

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; PREDATION; TERRITORIALITY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS; UTA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 3943084746     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682820     Document Type: Article

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