Growth to death in lizards

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1867-1870

  Olsson, Mats ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feeding experiment; Growth rate; Growth induced mortality; Lizard neonates; Survival

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036751885     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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