Trade-offs between reproductive traits and the influence of food intake during pregnancy in the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 477-486

  Gregory, Patrick T ^a   Skebo, Kristina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding; Garter snakes; Life history; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000039402     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286134     Document Type: Article

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