Material and energy budget during incubation in a Chinese skink, Eumeces chinensis

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-216

  Ji, Xiang ^a   Fu, Shui Yu ^a   Zhang, Hua Song ^a   Sun, Ping Yue ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMECES; EUMECES CHINENSIS;

ENERGY BUDGET; INCUBATION; SKINK;

EID: 0030429503     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853896x00397     Document Type: Article

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