Aseasonal reproduction and high fecundity in the Cape grass lizard, Cordylus anguinus, in a fire-prone habitat

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-482

  du Toit, Annemarie ^a   Mouton, P le Fras N ^a   Flemming, Alexander F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FIRE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CORDYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1642409731     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322763936     Document Type: Article

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