Demography of Xenosaurus platyceps (Squamata: Xenosauridae): a comparison between tropical and temperate populations

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Rojas González, Isaac R ^a   Jones, Carissa P ^b   Zúñiga Vega, Jaime J ^b   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic tactics; Lizard life histories; Matrix population models; Tropical temperate variation; Xenosaurus platyceps

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SQUAMATA; XENOSAURIDAE; XENOSAURUS PLATYCEPS;

EID: 42649099303     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808784124992     Document Type: Article

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