Costs of egg caring in the skink, Mabuya longicaudata

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 659-664

  Huang, Wen San ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Fecundity; Lizard; Parental care; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; LIZARD; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMALIA; MABUYA LONGICAUDATA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34347270960     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0068-y     Document Type: Article

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