Spatial and temporal variation in diets of sympatric lizards (genus Ctenotus) in the Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-271

  Goodyear, Stephen E ^a   Pianka, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CTENOTUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80053423195     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/10-190.1     Document Type: Article

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