Landscape context matters: Local habitat and landscape effects on the abundance and patch occupancy of collared lizards in managed grasslands

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 837-850

  Blevins, Emilie ^a   With, Kimberly A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotaphytus collaris; Fire; Flint Hills; Grazing; Habitat suitability; Land management; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HILLSLOPE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIZARD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MAPPING METHOD; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

FLINT HILLS; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79958286146     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9612-4     Document Type: Article

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