Testosterone and daily activity period in laboratory-housed Mountain Spiny Lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-124

  Klukowski, Matthew ^a,b   Ackerson, Betty ^a   Nelson, Craig E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS JARROVII; SCELOPORUS JARROVII JARROVII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 2142737501     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/27-03NA     Document Type: Article

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