Rabbit burrows or artificial refuges are a critical habitat component for the threatened lizard, Timon lepidus (Sauria, Lacertidae)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2039-2051

  Grillet, Pierre ^a   Cheylan, Marc ^a   Thirion, Jean Marc ^b   Doré, Florian ^b   Bonnet, Xavier ^c   Dauge, Claude ^d   Chollet, Sophie ^b   Marchand, Marc Antoine ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b OBIOS ^*  (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d Office National des Forêts de La Réunion   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial burrow; Lizard conservation; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Refuge; Reptiles; Timon lepidus

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BURROW; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAGOMORPH; LIZARD; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; LACERTIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77952908737     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9824-y     Document Type: Article

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