Determinants of reproductive output in female water pythons (Liasis fuscus: Pythonidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-159

  Madsen, Thomas ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Fecundity; Path analysis; Python; Reproduction; Snake; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

LIASIS FUSCUS;

EID: 0030498785     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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