Elevation gradients and lizard assemblage structure in the Bonneville Basin, western USA

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1193-1201

  Meik, J M ^a   Lawing, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonneville Basin; Community assembly; Elevation gradient; Great Basin Desert; Lizard ecology; Lizards

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ELEVATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LIZARD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; BONNEVILLE BASIN; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 43849084095     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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