Environmental niche of the smut lizard population on a sandy coastal ecosystem of Southeastern Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 2-11

  de los Santos, Antonio ^a   de Nicolás, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disturbances; Lizard population size; Sandy beach; Seasonal and interyearly variability; Thermal and adaphic environment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NICHE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

GALLOTIA GALLOTI GALLOTI; LACERTIDAE; SAPIUM LAURIFOLIUM; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44849109885     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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