Body size, sexual dimorphism, and clutch size in two populations of the lizard Sceloporus ochoteranae

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-126

  Smith, Geoffrey R ^a   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^b   Ballinger, Royce E ^c  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS OCHOTERANAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037357624     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0123:BSSDAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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