Using faecal samples in lizard dietary studies

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^a   Pérez Cembranos, Ana ^a   Garrido, Mario ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b   Corti, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Centre of Environmental Studies DEMETRA srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

dietary methods; faecal analysis; Lacertidae; Podarcis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DIET; FECAL PELLET; LIZARD; STOMACH CONTENT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; PODARCIS LILFORDI; PODARCIS PITYUSENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650877066     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/017353710X530212     Document Type: Article

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