The adjustment of reproductive threshold to prey abundance in a capital breeder

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 571-580

  Madsen, Thomas ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Energy; Liasis fuscus; Life history; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

LIASIS FUSCUS;

EID: 0032991402     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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