Evidence for habitat partitioning based on adaptation to environmental light in a pair of sympatric lizard species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1489, 2002, Pages 351-359

  Leal, Manuel ^a   Fleishman, Leo J ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Competition; Habitat spectral characteristics; Signal design; Spectral sensitivity; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; LIGHT; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SYMPATRY; VISION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS COOKI; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 53149151081     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1904     Document Type: Article

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