Comparative diet of three sympatric Sceloporus in the semiarid Zapotitlán Valley, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 427-434

  Serrano Cardozo, Víctor Hugo ^a,b   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^b   Smith, Geoffrey R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; S. horridus; S. jalapae; Sceloporus gadovieae; Zapotitl n

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS GADOVAE; SCELOPORUS HORRIDUS; SCELOPORUS JALAPAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 60749092122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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