Decreased food intake in reproducing lizards: A fecundity-dependent cost of reproduction?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-362

  Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Eulamprus tympanum; Fecundity dependence; Food intake; Growth; Lizard; Reproduction; Scincidae; Skink

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444397769     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00622.x     Document Type: Article

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