Ecosystem engineering by deep-nesting monitor lizards

Ecology. 2021 Apr;102(4):e03271. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3271. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Authors

J Sean Doody¹, Kari F Soennichsen², Hugh James³, Colin McHenry³, Simon Clulow^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg Campus, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia.
³ Department of Environmental Science and Management, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2308, Australia.

PMID: 33336357
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3271

No abstract available

Keywords: Varanus gouldii; Varanus panoptes; allogenic engineer; burrows; community; keystone species; refugia; reptile.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Ecosystem
Lizards*