Does nest-guarding in female tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) reduce nest destruction by conspecific females?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-299

  Refsnider, Jeanine M ^a,b   Keall, Susan N ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a   Nelson, Nicola J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 69449101059     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-120R1.1     Document Type: Article

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