Direct and short-term effects of fire on lizard assemblages from a Neotropical savanna hotspot

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-510

  Costa, Bernardo Miglio ^a   Pantoja, Davi Lima ^a   Vianna, Mariana Caixeta Milhome ^a   Colli, Guarino Rinaldi ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1670/12-043     Document Type: Article

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