Low costs, high output: Reproduction in an insular pit-viper (Gloydius shedaoensis, Viperidae) from north-eastern China

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 511-521

  Li xin, Sun ^a   Shine, Richard ^b   Debi, Zhao ^a   Zhengren, Tang ^a  

^a Snake Island Natural History Museum   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Gloydius shedaoensis; Life history; Reproductive effort; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SNAKE;

CHINA;

CROTALINAE; GLOYDIUS; GLOYDIUS SHEDAOENSIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0036216479     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952836902000560     Document Type: Article

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