Do lizard communities partition the trophic niche? A worldwide meta-analysis using null models

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra srl   (Italy)

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COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FECAL PELLET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD; META-ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

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EID: 39849083172     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16297.x     Document Type: Article

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