Microhabitat occupation and functional morphology of four species of sympatric agamid lizards in the Kyzylkum Desert, central Uzbekistan

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-62

  Clemann, Nick ^a   Melville, Jane ^b   Ananjeva, Natalia B ^c   Scroggie, Michael P ^a   Milto, Konstantin ^c   Kreuzberg, Elena ^d  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Central Asia; Functional morphology; Microhabitat occupation

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYZYLKUM DESERT; WEST ASIA;

AGAMIDAE; PHRYNOCEPHALUS HELIOSCOPUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TRAPELUS SANGUINOLENTUS;

EID: 60149103650     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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