Density regulation in the Mediterranean leaf-toed gecko Euleptes europaea

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1051-1055

  Salvidio, Sebastiano ^a   Oneto, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Gekkonidae; Growth rates; Recruitment; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; LIZARD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GEKKONIDAE; PHYLLODACTYLUS;

EID: 50949104588     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0465-5     Document Type: Article

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