Life history trade-offs and phenotypic plasticity in the reproduction of Galápagos lava lizards (Microlophus delanonis)

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-52

  Jordan, Mark A ^a,c   Snell, Howard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch; Egg; Energy acquisition; Energy allocation; Tropiduridae

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

MICROLOPHUS; MICROLOPHUS DELANONIS; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036943768     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100776     Document Type: Article

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