Gestation, Thermoregulation, and Metabolism in a Viviparous Snake, Vipera aspis: Evidence for Fecundity‐Independent Costs

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  2003

• Venue

  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

• Publication date

  2003-07-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/376420PMID 13130429
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