Capital-breeding and reproductive effort in a variable environment: a longitudinal study of a viviparous snake
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OLIVIER LOURDAIS*†, XAVIER BONNET*‡, RICHARD SHINE§, DALE DENARDO¶, GUY NAULLEAU* and MICHAEL GUILLON* *Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France; †University of Poitiers, 40 avenue du recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France; ‡Conseil Général des Deux Sèvres, rue de l’abreuvoir, 79000 Niort, France; §School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia; and ¶Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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