The effects of body size, age, and food intake during pregnancy on reproductive traits of a viviparous snake, Thamnophis ordinoides

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 236-243

  Gignac, Angie ^a,b   Gregory, Patrick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Capital versus income; Demography; Life history; Snakes; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; PREGNANCY; SNAKE;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ORDINOIDES;

EID: 21444434429     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-2-236.1     Document Type: Article

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