Experimental manipulation reveals the importance of refuge habitat temperature selected by lizards

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-299

  Andersson, Micha ^a   Krockenberger, Andrew ^a   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carlia rubrigularis; Experiment; Habitat selection; Retreat site selection; Skink; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECTOTHERMY; FITNESS; LEAF LITTER; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; REFUGE; SITE SELECTION; WOODY DEBRIS;

ANIMALIA; CARLIA RUBRIGULARIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77952896917     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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