Correlates of reproductive success in male lizards of the alpine species Iberolacerta cyreni

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-176

  Salvador, Alfredo ^a   Díaz, José A ^b   Veiga, José P ^a   Bloor, Paul ^a   Brown, Richard P ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Lizard; Microsatellites; Polygamy; Reproductive costs; Reproductive success; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; LIZARD; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

IBEROLACERTA CYRENI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 38149024177     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm118     Document Type: Article

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