Energy costs of growth in neonate reptiles

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 14, 2000, Pages 378-387

  Nagy, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; IGUANIDAE; LACERTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0003758130     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1467052     Document Type: Article

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