Temperature selection for egg incubation by the lizard Podarcis hispanica atrata

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Castilla, Aurora M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS HISPANICA ATRATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030477764     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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