Mating does not influence reproductive investment, in a viviparous lizard

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 458-464

  Bleu, Josefa ^a   Le Galliard, Jean François ^a,b   Meylan, Sandrine ^a,c   Massot, Manuel ^a   Fitze, Patrick S ^d,e,f  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LIZARD; MALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LIZARDS; MALE; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 80052603236     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.693     Document Type: Article

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