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Plant consumption in coastal populations of the lizard Tropidurus torquatus (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae): how do herbivory rates vary along their geographic range?

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Siqueira, Carla da Costa, Kiefer, Mara Cíntia, Sluys, Monique Van, Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte (2010): Plant consumption in coastal populations of the lizard Tropidurus torquatus (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae): how do herbivory rates vary along their geographic range? Journal of Natural History 45 (3-4): 171-182, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.520826, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.520826

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