Energy budgets, growth rates, and thermal constraints: Toward an integrative approach to the study of life-history variation

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-433

  Niewiarowski, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical constraint; Eastern fence lizard; Geographic variation; Growth rate; Life history; Sceloporus undulatus

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0035086653     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319321     Document Type: Article

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