Monitoring the performance of wild-born and introduced lizards in a fragmented landscape: Implications for ex situ conservation programmes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2923-2930

  Santos, Tomás ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a   Carbonell, Roberto ^b   Tellería, José L ^a   Díaz, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Polígono Industrial de Villamuriel de Cerrato   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Captive breeding; Dispersal; Psammodromus algirus; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARD; METAPOPULATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMALIA; LACERTIDAE; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70350757644     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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