Partitioning of temporal activity among desert lizards in relation to prey availability and temperature

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-52

  Gordon, Christopher E ^a   Dickman, Chris R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert; Lizard; Prey availability; Temperature; Time of activity

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERMITE; TIME ALLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

AGAMIDAE; CTENOTUS PANTHERINUS; EGERNIA INORNATA; GEKKONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; NEPHRURUS LEVIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 75449095085     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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