The effect of reproduction on food intake of a sit-and-wait foraging lizard, Sceloporus virgatus

Herpetologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-146

  Weiss, S L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Energy intake; Hypophagia; Reproductive investment; Reptile; Sceloporus

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION;

SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS;

EID: 0034985022     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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