Neonatology of reptiles

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 14, 2000, Pages 353-370

  Morafka, David J ^a   Spangenberg, E Karen ^c   Lance, Valentine A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ecology; Evolution; Hatchling; Juvenile; Life history; Neonates; Nestling; Ontogeny; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0012137527     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1467050     Document Type: Article

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