The role of temperature in determining distributions and coexistence of three species of Plestiodon

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 374-379

  Watson, Charles M ^a,b   Gough, Laura ^b  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy Cover; Geographic Range; Niche Partitioning; Plestiodon fasciatus; Plestiodon inexpectatus; Plestiodon laticeps; Temperature; Thermal niche

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLESTIODON FASCIATUS; PLESTIODON INEXPECTATUS; PLESTIODON LATICPES; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

EUMECES FASCIATUS; EUMECES INEXPECTATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84859649764     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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