Age and gender-related differences in the social behavior and mating success of free-living collared lizards, Crotaphytus collaris

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1996, Pages 336-347

  Baird, Troy A ^a   Acree, Mark A ^a   Sloan, Chris L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030425655     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1446849     Document Type: Article

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