Follicle ablation increases offspring size in a lizard with a low clutch frequency

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Wang, Zheng ^a   Xia, Yuan ^b   Ji, Xiang ^a,b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SNAKE;

EREMIAS ARGUS; LACERTIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349130731     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788795119     Document Type: Article

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