Ecological performance in the actively foraging lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-256

  Pagan, Deborah N Muñiz ^a   Gifford, Matthew E ^b   Parmerlee, John S ^c   Powell, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AVILA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEIVA AMEIVA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 84863937300     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/11-105     Document Type: Article

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