Do demographic aspects of neighbouring lizard populations differ? A case study with the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-448

  Gracceva, Giulia ^a   Bombi, Pierluigi ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b   Bologna, Marco A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Centro di Studi Ambientali Demetra srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common wall lizard; Demography; Habitat heterogenity; Population structure

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 49049105163     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808785111959     Document Type: Article

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