Does mate guarding prevent rival mating in snow skinks? A test using AFLP

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-394

  Olsson, Mats ^a,b   Ujvari, Beata ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^c   Madsen, Thomas ^a   Shine, Richard ^d   Bensch, Staffan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AFLP; Lizards; Mate guarding; Multiple paternity

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPULATION; LIZARD; MATE GUARDING; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PATERNITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

NIVEOSCINCUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33751565686     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-85.1     Document Type: Article

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