Compensating for a bad start: Catch-up growth in juvenile lizards (Amphibolurus muricatus, Agamidae)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 500-508

  Radder, Rajkumar S ^a   Warner, Daniel A ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; IGUANAS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

AGAMIDAE; AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34548805883     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.403     Document Type: Article

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