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## Abstract We studied the mating system of the southern water skink, __Eulamprus heatwolei__, during spring and summer (encompassing the breeding season) in a population in southeastern Australia. We examined potential attributes that might influence the mating system and male reproductive success including home range size, physical proximity of adults and body size, and then genotyped all mothers, offspring and potential sires. Home range overlap of both sexes was extensive, with adult females sharing the greatest amount of space with each other and adult males the least amount of space with each other. However, not all adults hold home ranges. We classified approximately one quarter of adult males as home range holders and the rest as ‘floaters’. Adult females occupy home ranges more than males, with approximately three‐quarters classified as home range holders. Home range ownership is not correlated with body size for either sex, however, male body size is positively correlated with the number of adult female home ranges that his home range overlaps and adult male home ranges are larger than those of females. We used microsatellite genotyping to assign paternities to 55 offspri

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Author

S. F. Morrison; J. Scott Keogh; I. A. W. Scott

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0962-1083)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)