Resource dependent growth and body condition dynamics in juvenile snakes: An experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 669-675

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Lindell, Lars Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy allocation; Growth; Life history; Trade off; Vipera berus

Indexed keywords

ADDER; CONDITION; GROWTH;

VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 0030300992     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329041     Document Type: Article

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