Costs of reproduction in conspecific oviparous and viviparous lizards, Lerista bougainvillii

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 539-551

  Qualls, Carl P ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALIA; LERISTA BOUGAINVILLII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0031850134     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546374     Document Type: Article

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