Thermal dependence of incubation duration under a cycling temperature regime in the lizard, Podarcis hispanica atrata

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Castilla, Aurora M ^a,b   Swallow, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODARCIS; PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS HISPANICA ATRATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030435639     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565516     Document Type: Article

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