Determinants of assemblage structure in Neotropical dry forest lizards

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-115

  Werneck, F P ^a   Colli, Guarino Rinaldi ^a   Vitt, Laurie Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical Phylogenetic Ordination; Cerrado; Community ecology; Lizard; Phylogenetic constraint; Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CERRADO; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; DRY FOREST; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ORDINATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 58249125241     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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