Response of lizard community structure to desert grassland restoration mediated by a keystone rodent

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 921-935

  Cosentino, Bradley J ^a,c   Schooley, Robert L ^a   Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^b   Coffman, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspidoscelis spp.; Desertification; Dipodomys spectabilis; Grassland restoration; Keystone species; Shrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIZARD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ASPIDOSCELIS; ASPIDOSCELIS UNIPARENS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84875716226     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0459-7     Document Type: Article

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