Why do lizards avoid weeds?

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Biological Invasions

• Publication date

  2014-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s10530-013-0551-7
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