Effects of habitat disturbance on Texas Horned Lizards: An urban case study

Herpetologica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-281

  Wolf, Alexander J ^a,c   Hellgren, Eric C ^a   Bogosian III, Victor ^a,d   Moody, Raymond W ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tinker AFB   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Home range; Phrynosoma cornutum; Spatial ecology; Survival; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIZARD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883726893     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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