Effects of forest degradation on abundance and microhabitat selection by ground dwelling Chaco lizards

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Pelegrin, Nicolás ^a   Chani, José María ^b   Echevarría, Ada Lilian ^c   Bucher, Enrique Hugo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Chilecito   (Argentina)

^c FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chaco; Cnemidophorus ocellifer; Forest degradation; Habitat preferences; Liolaemus chacoensis; Teius teyou; Tropidurus etheridgei

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND DEGRADATION; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CNEMIDOPHORUS OCELLIFER; LIOLAEMUS CHACOENSIS; SQUAMATA; TEIUS TEYOU; TROPIDURUS ETHERIDGEI;

EID: 70149113732     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201162     Document Type: Article

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