Geographic variation in 'costs of reproduction' in the scincid lizard Lampropholis guichenoti

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-763

  Qualls, F J ^a,b   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lampropholis guichenoti; Life history; Lizards; Locomotor ability; Relative clutch mass; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRAVID FEMALE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTI9ON; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RUNNING SPEED;

LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031424493     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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