Lizard diversity on a rainforestsavanna altitude gradient in north-eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-94

  Kutt, A S ^a   Bateman, B L ^b   Vanderduys, E P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

abundance; Carlia; ecotone; niche; species richness; tropical

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOTONE; HETEROGENEITY; LIZARD; NICHE; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TRANSECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80054117855     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO11036     Document Type: Article

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