Causes of habitat divergence in two species of agamid lizards in arid Central Australia

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-76

  Daly, Benjamin G ^a,b   Dickman, Chris R ^a   Crowther, Mathew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamid; Competition; Diet; Dragon; Habitat selection; Habitat separation; Lizard; Predation; Spinifex; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COEXISTENCE; DESERT; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

AGAMIDAE; CTENOPHORUS ISOLEPIS; FORMICIDAE; POACEAE; SPINIFEX; SQUAMATA; TRIODIA BASEDOWII;

EID: 40449092494     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1991.1     Document Type: Article

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