Linking habitat structure and orientation in an arboreal species Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae)

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 406-414

  Gruber, Bernd ^a   Henle, Klaus ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIZARD; ORIENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA; GEHYRA; GEHYRA VARIEGATA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 5144226049     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12901.x     Document Type: Article

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