Costs of reproduction in a tropical invariant-clutch producing lizard (Carlia rubrigularis)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Goodman, B A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carlia; Locomotor performance; Relative clutch mass; Reproductive effort; Skink

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CARLIA RUBRIGULARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33748700261     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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