Production-growth model applied in eublepharid lizards (Eublepharidae, Squamata): Accordance between growth and metabolic rates

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-322

  Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a   Frynta, Daniel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Eublepharis; Growth curve; Mass metabolic allometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; LIZARD; METABOLISM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; COLEONYX BREVIS; COLEONYX ELEGANS; COLEONYX MITRATUS; EUBLEPHARIDAE; EUBLEPHARIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142123104     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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