Female reproductive characteristics of the Horvath's rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi) from Slovenia

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 639-646

  Ljubisavljević, Katarina ^a   Glasnovic P ^b   Kalan, Katja ^b   Krystufek B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Lacertid lizard; Life history; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862251976     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1202639L     Document Type: Article

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