Effect of immersion in seawater on egg survival in the lizard Anolis sagrei

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 360-362

  Losos, Jonathan B ^a   Schoener, Thomas W ^b   Spiller, David A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Catastrophe; Egg; Extinction; Hurricane

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

EDDY; EXTINCTION; HURRICANE; LIZARD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; LIZARD; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BAHAMAS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS SAGREI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0242403249     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1363-8     Document Type: Article

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