Intrapopulation variation in injury frequencies in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis (squamata, lacertidae)

Biologia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 557-561

  Gvoždík, Lumír ^a,b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Regenerated tails; Sex differences; Tail autonomy; Toe loss

Indexed keywords

LACERTA AGILIS; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 17544372628     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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