Costs of reproduction in a lizard species: A comparison of observational and experimental data

Oikos

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 121-125

  Olsson, Mats ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

NIVEOSCINCUS MICROLEPIDOTUS;

EID: 0035017377     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930113.x     Document Type: Article

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