The effects of 'fixed' clutch sizes on lizard life-histories: Reproduction in the Australian velvet gecko, Oedura lesueurii

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Doughty, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; OEDURA; OEDURA LESUEURII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030959099     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565395     Document Type: Article

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