Colour Polymorphism and Alternative Breeding Strategies: Effects of Parent's Colour Morph on Fitness Traits in the Common Wall Lizard

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-394

  Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Sacchi, Roberto ^a   Pellitteri Rosa, Daniele ^a   Bellati, Adriana ^a   Cocca, Walter ^a   Gentilli, Augusto ^a   Scali, Stefano ^b   Fasola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding strategies; Breeding success; Clutch size; Colour polymorphism; Egg size; Kr strategy; Morph combination; Podarcis muralis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PODARCIS MURALIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84881377131     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9222-3     Document Type: Article

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