Maternal and environmental influences on reproductive success of a viviparous grassland lizard

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hare, Kelly M ^a   Cree, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Grassland; Habitat modification; Henotype; Offspring; Oligosoma maccanni; Regnancy success

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BODY CONDITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATIVE SPECIES; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESEARCH WORK; VIVIPARITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

OLIGOSOMA MACCANNI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79959453491     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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