Rich lizards: How affluence and land cover influence the diversity and abundance of desert reptiles persisting in an urban landscape
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.009 0006-3207/ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 8604606778. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (J.W. Ackley), [email protected] (J. Wu), [email protected] (M.J. Angilletta Jr.), [email protected] (S.W. Myint), [email protected] (B. Sullivan). 1 Tel.: +1 4809651063. 2 Tel.: +1 4807276142. 3 Tel.: +1 4809656514. 4 Tel.: +1 6025436022. Jeffrey W. Ackley a,⇑, Jianguo Wu, Michael J. Angilletta Jr. , Soe W. Myint , Brian Sullivan d,4
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