Annual reproductive cycle and annual cycles of reproductive hormones in plasma of female Niveoscincus metallicus (Scincidae) from Tasmania

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-146

  Jones, Susan M ^a   Swain, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 0030439687     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565504     Document Type: Article

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