The evolutionary ecology of life history variation in the garter snake Thamnophis elegans

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2314-2325

  Bronikowski, Anne M ^a,b   Arnold, Stevan J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Garter snake; Growth; Growth rate; Individual; Life history variation; Maximized vs. optimized; Migration; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproductive maturation; Spatial; Survival; Thamnophis elegans

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; SNAKE;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032851776     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2314:teeolh]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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