Niche Structure of an Anole Community in a Tropical Rain Forest within the Choco Region of Colombia
Description:
Ten species of anoles at Bajo Calima within the Choco of Western Colombia separate into two principal microhabitat groups: forest species, and those inhabiting openings and edges. The ten anoles further separate according to ground and vegetation dwellers. There is a relation at Bajo Calima between the number of anole species and vegetational structural diversity. Anole diversity within a given macrohabitat is by perch microsite/microclimate heterogeneity. These are the two major ecological dim…
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Date:
May 1988
Creator:
Castro-Herrera, Fernando
Partner:
UNT Libraries