Reproductive output, costs of reproduction, and ecology of the smooth snake, Coronella austriaca, in the eastern Italian Alps

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-110

  Luiselli, L ^a   Capula, M ^a   Shine, R ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine; Colubridae; Life history; Reproduction; Reptile

Indexed keywords

CORONELLA AUSTRIACA;

CLUTCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SMOOTH SNAKE;

EUROPE, ALPS; ITALY, CARNIC ALPS;

EID: 0029668498     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334412     Document Type: Article

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