Sexual dimorphism in the ease of tail autotomy: Uta stansburiana with and without previous tail loss

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1998, Pages 376-382

  Fox, Stanley F ^a   Conder, Jason M ^a   Smith, Allie E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; LIZARD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

SQUAMATA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 0032080244     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447431     Document Type: Article

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