Life-history traits of two Mediterranean lizard populations: A possible example of countergradient covariation

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-176

  Iraeta, Pablo ^a   Salvador, Alfredo ^b   Díaz, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradients; Clutch size; Egg size; Food availability; Growth; Psammodromus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

PSAMMODROMUS; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84876187547     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2492-8     Document Type: Article

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