Predicting the environmental niche of the genus Phymaturus: Are palluma and patagonicus groups ecologically differentiated?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 392-400

  Debandi, Guillermo ^a   Corbalán, Valeria ^a   Scolaro, José Alejandro ^b,c   Roig Juñent, Sergio Alberto ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Environmental niche model; Lizard; Niche similarity; Phymaturus

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARGENTINA;

LIOLAEMINAE; PHYMATURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84860231239     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02295.x     Document Type: Article

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