Reproductive biology of insular reptiles: Marine subsidies modulate expression of the Island syndrome

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-552

  Pafilis, Panayiotis ^a,b   Foufopoulos, Johannes ^b   Sagonas, Kostas ^a   Runemark, Anna ^c   Svensson, Erik ^c   Valakos, Efstratios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLONY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; GREECE; SKYROS; SPORADES [AEGEAN ISLANDS];

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; PODARCIS GAIGEAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84855383564     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-10-041     Document Type: Article

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