Long-term effect of forest fragmentation on the Amazonian gekkonid lizards, Coleodactylus amazonicus and Gonatodes humeralis

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-729

  Carvalho Jr , Elildo Alves Ribeiro ^a,c   Lima, Albertina Pimentel ^a   Magnusson, William Ernest ^a   Albernaz, Ana Luisa Kerti Mangabeira ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c IBAMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alter do Ch o; Amazonian savanna; Coleodactylus; Fragmentation; Gonatodes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIZARD; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION;

ALTER DO CHAO; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLEODACTYLUS; COLEODACTYLUS AMAZONICUS; GEKKONIDAE; GONATODES; GONATODES HUMERALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 49849100682     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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