Between-year variation in determinants of offspring survival in the Sand Lizard, Lacerta agilis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 443-450

  Olsson, M ^a,b   Madsen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female reproductive success; Fluctuating selection; Size number trade off

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLUTCH SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034872309     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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