Effects of testosterone on locomotor performance and growth in field-active northern fence lizards, Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 506-514

  Klukowski, Matthew ^a   Jenkinson, Nicole M ^a   Nelson, Craig E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0032168079     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515949     Document Type: Article

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