Does urbanization influence the spatial ecology of Gila monsters in the Sonoran Desert?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-357

  Kwiatkowski, M A ^a   Schuett, G W ^b   Repp, R A ^c   Nowak, E M ^d   Sullivan, B K ^e  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heloderma; Home range; Movement behavior; Reptile conservation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESERT; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIZARD; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REFUGE; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

HELODERMA; HELODERMA SUSPECTUM; HELODERMATIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 56849099853     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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