Ecological niche separation of two sympatric insectivorous lizard species in the Namib Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 225-232

  Murray, Ian W ^a   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Lease, Hilary M ^a,b   Mitchell, Duncan ^a,c   Hetem, Robyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Namib desert; Niche partitioning; Pedioplanis; Rhoptropus; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DESERT; DIETARY OVERLAP; DIVERGENCE; FECAL PELLET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INSECTIVORE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY; TERMITE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; PEDIOPLANIS; PHELSUMA; RHOPTROPUS; RHOPTROPUS BRADFIELDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84941080674     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.08.020     Document Type: Article

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