| Title: | Female reproductive characteristics of the Horvath's rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi) from Slovenia |
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| Authors: | ID Ljubisavljević, Katarina (Author)
ID Glasnović, Peter (Author)
ID Kalan, Katja (Author)
ID Kryštufek, Boris (Author) |
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| Files: |  http://archonline.bio.bg.ac.rs/VOL64/SVESKA2/30%20-%20Ljubisavljevic.pdf
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UPR - University of Primorska
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we present data on the female reproductive traits of the Horvath's rock lizard from Slovenia. The clutch, egg and hatchling characteristics were investigated based on clutches laid in laboratory conditions by pregnant females collected from a natural population. A female lays one clutch of eggs annually with an average number of three (range 1-5) eggs. We found a significant positive correlation between female size and egg width and volume. The mean egg length and volume in a clutch decreased significantly with clutch size independently of female size. The incubation period averaged 44 days. Significant positive correlations were found between the hatchling total length and mass, and egg mass. There was a significant negative relationship between the egg mass and incubation duration. The life-history strategy of the Horvath's rock lizard appeared to be shaped by several factors, such as the constraints of a high-altitude environment, flattened body morphology and possibly phylogenetic background |
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| Keywords: | Horvatova kuščarica, Iberolacerta horvathi, kuščarice, življenjski ciklus |
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| Year of publishing: | 2012 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 639-645 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 64, no. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUP-2012  |
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| ISSN: | 0354-4664 |
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| UDC: | 598.112.23(497.4) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 2229715 |
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| Publication date in RUP: | 15.10.2013 |
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