Does body volume constrain reproductive output in lizards?

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-100

  Du, Weiguo ^a,b   Ji, Xiang ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a School of Life Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Fecundity; Life history; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FECUNDITY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 26044460593     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/rsbl.2004.0268     Document Type: Article

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