Herbivory and foraging mode in lizards

Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 209-236

  Herrel, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511752438.009     Document Type: Chapter

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