Changes in reproductive investment following caudal autotomy in viviparous skinks (Niveoscincus metallicus): Lipid depletion or energetic diversion?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 480-486

  Chapple, David G ^a   McCoull, Colin J ^a   Swain, Roy ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; SCINCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036748993     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0480:CIRIFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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