Optimising the design of artificial refuges for the Australian skink, Egernia stokesii

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Arida, Evy Ayu ^a,b   Bull, Michael C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Artificial refuge; Egernia; Lizard; Shelter choice; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049107544     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075408784648826     Document Type: Article

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