Life-history traits associated with fragmentation vulnerability of lizards in the Thousand Island Lake, China

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-337

  Wang, Y ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Feeley, K J ^b   Jiang, P ^a   Ding, P ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faunal relaxation; Fragmentation vulnerability; Habitat fragmentation; Life history traits; Lizards; Natural density; Thousand Island Lake

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIZARD; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANDAO LAKE NATIONAL FOREST PARK; ZHEJIANG;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 67651210616     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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