Effect of competition on habitat utilization in two temperate climate gecko species

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 551-560

  Lisičić, Duje ^a   Drakulić, Sanja ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Dikić, Domagoj ^a   Benković, Vesna ^a   Tadić, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Interspecies interaction; Lizard ecology; Niche shift; Spatial niche; Species assemblage

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALLOPATRY; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT TYPE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; NICHE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS; SQUAMATA; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA;

EID: 84861415002     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0921-5     Document Type: Article

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