Capital energy drives production of multiple clutches whereas income energy fuels growth in female collared lizards Crotaphytus collaris

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 915-921

  Telemeco, Rorry S ^a,b   Baird, Troy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79956258447     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18809.x     Document Type: Article

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