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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">A simple method to accurately measure small squamate offspring</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wapstra, Erik</span> (2005) <xhtml:em>A simple method to accurately measure small squamate offspring.</xhtml:em> Herpetological Review, 36 (2). pp. 138-139. ISSN 0018-084X</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2197/1/simple_method.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2197/1/simple_method.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />29Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2742" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Offspring size is a key life history trait that is often reported in
inter and intraspecific comparisons in reptile studies. Tests of the
evolutionary or ecological significance of offspring size rely on
accurate measurements, particularly when differences may be small
and yet biological significant. This currently particularly important
for small squamates as a variety of “allometric engineering”
techniques for altering offspring phenotype (sensu Sinervo et al
1992) have become established for testing a variety of evolutionary
hypotheses (e.g., Olsson et al. 2002; Sinervo and DeNardo
1996; Wapstra 2000; Warner and Andrews 2002).</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270599.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270500 Zoology > 270599 Zoology not elsewhere classified</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2197</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Erik Wapstra</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">17 Oct 2007 13:08</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2197;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2197">item control page</a></p>
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