Effects of pregnancy on locomotor performance: An experimental study on lizards

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 450-456

  Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Fecundity; Life history; Reproductive effort; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RUNNING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0043198353     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1281-9     Document Type: Article

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