Egg mortality and early embryo hatching caused by fungal infection of Iberian rock lizard (Lacerta monticola) clutches

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-272

  Moreira, Pedro Lopes ^a   Barata, Margarida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Early hatching; Egg infertility; Egg viability; Fungal pathogen

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; GLIOCLADIUM; PETROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 31344464940     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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