Electivities and resource use by an assemblage of lizards endemic to the dunes of the São Francisco river, Northeastern Brazil

Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 261-284

  Rocha, Pedro L B ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Diet; Dunes; Electivity; Lizards; Microhabitat; Phase of activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449177804     PISSN: 00311049     EISSN: 18070205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005002200001     Document Type: Article

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