Maternal effects associated with gestation conditions in a viviparous lizard, Niveoscincus metallicus

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 14, 2000, Pages 432-440

  Swain, Roy ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Facultative placentotrophy; Lizards; Maternal effects; Offspring fitness; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0000378068     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1467056     Document Type: Article

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