Can lizard richness be driven by termite diversity? Insights from the Brazilian Cerrado

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Costa, G C ^a,b   Colli, G R ^a   Constantino, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Oklahoma Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; NICHE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

AFRICA; AMAZON RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARTHROPODA; ISOPTERA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 40549113021     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-107     Document Type: Article

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