Rich lizards: How affluence and land cover influence the diversity and abundance of desert reptiles persisting in an urban landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-92

  Ackley, Jeffrey W ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^a   Angilletta, Michael J ^a   Myint, Soe W ^b   Sullivan, Brian ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Land cover; Landscape; Lizards; Mitigation; Reptiles; Urban; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84949132029     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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