9307 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9307
• Author: Germaine, S. S.
• Title: Relationships of Birds, Lizards, and Nocturnal Rodents to Their Habitat in the Greater Tucson Area, Arizona.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: Phoenix, AZ.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Figure 5. Lizard abundance trends over classes of habitat variables in Tucson in 1994. WHII3 = whiptail lizard; TREE _
tree lizard; ZEBRA =zebra-tailed lizard.
Table 5. Gamma correlations between 4 lizards and 5 habitat variables in Tucson. See Appendix C for full
species names.
HDEN LSV USV RIPU DISP
DSPN -0.08 -0.15 0.10 0.34' 0.09
TREE 0.48'x -0.83' -0.57' -0.37"' 0.56"
WHIl' -0.47' 0.68"' -0.01 0.25' -0.36'
ZEBR -0.46'E 0.22 0.14 0.51 ^' -0.42'
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24 ARIZONA GAME Fr FISH DEPARTMENT, TECH. REA. 20 $TEPHEN S GERMAINE 1995