Relationships between maternal size, egg size, clutch size, and hatchling size in European lacertid lizards

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 410-417

  In Den Bosch, Herman A J ^a   Bout, Ron G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031695891     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565456     Document Type: Article

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