Egg Size and Annual Egg Production by Female Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii): The Importance of Food Abundance, Body Size, and Date of Egg Shelling

1999/09/01 by Ian R. Wallis, I. R. Wallis, B. T. Henen +3
Environmental Science · #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Amphibian and Reptile Biology

paper · doi:10.2307/1565636

Abstract

I. R. Wallis, B. T. Henen, K. A. Nagy, Egg Size and Annual Egg Production by Female Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii): The Importance of Food Abundance, Body Size, and Date of Egg Shelling, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Sep., 1999), pp. 394-408

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