Exploring female reproductive tactics: Trade-offs between clutch size, egg mass and newborn size in lacertid lizards

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Amat, Fèlix ^a  

^a Museu Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clutch frequency; Clutch size; Comparative method; Egg mass; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 63149169532     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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