Trade-offs between reproductive coloration and innate immunity in a natural population of female Sagebrush lizards, Sceloporus graciosus

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-134

  Ruiz, Mayté ^a   Wang, Danfeng ^a   Reinke, Beth A ^a   Demas, Gregory E ^a   Martins, Emília ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Energetics; Life history; Resources

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79958147794     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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