Among clutch variation in reproductive output and egg size in the wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) from a lowland population of northern Spain

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-60

  Ji, Xiang ^a,b   Braña, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034121326     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565238     Document Type: Article

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