Use of portable ultrasonography as a nondestructive method for estimating reproductive effort in lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1859-1867

  Gilman, Casey A ^a   Wolf, Blair O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Energetics; Life history; Lizard; Reproduction; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIZARD; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34347210342     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001875     Document Type: Article

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