Plasticity in frequency of reproduction in an alpine lizard, Niveoscincus microlepidotus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 794-796

  Olsson, Mats ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION;

NIVEOSCINCUS MICROLEPIDOTUS;

EID: 0033516894     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447617     Document Type: Article

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