Locomotor speeds of gravid lizards: Placing 'costs of reproduction' within an ecological context

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 526-533

  Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lampropholis guichenoti; Relative clutch mass; Reproductive effort; Reptile; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042352397     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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