Comparison of life history characteristics among syntopic assemblages of parthenogenetic species: Two color pattern classes of aspidoscelis tesselata, A. exsanguis, A. flagellicauda, and three color pattern classes of A. Sonorae (Squamata: Teiidae)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 685-692

  Taylor, Harry L ^a   Caraveo, Yadira ^a  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOSCELIS; BOS TAURUS; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 1642538998     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0685:COLHCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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