@article{
author = "Cvijanović, Milena and Ivanovic, Ana and Džukić, Georg and Kalezić, Miloš L.",
year = "2008",
abstract = "We report herein on egg size characteristics (vitellus volume and jelly/vitellus ratio) of 4 crested newt
species (Triturus cristatus superspecies). The key results were as follows: (1) maternal and population effects
on these characteristics were detected, however, the species effect was much more pronounced; (2) in terms of
the vitellus volume, T. karelinii and T. macedonicus had the largest eggs, T. dobrogicus had the smallest, and T.
cristatus had eggs of intermediate size; (3) all species significantly differed in their jelly/vitellus ratio values, with
the lowest ratio in T. macedonicus followed by T. karelinii, T. cristatus, and T. dobrogicus with the highest ratio
value; and (4) the species shared a common allometric slope of the egg volume/body size relationship. The egg
size traits appeared to follow a evolutionary trend similar to that of the morphological and ecological diversity
characteristics.",
publisher = "Taipei : Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan",
journal = "Zoological Studies",
title = "Egg size variation in crested newts from the western Balkans (Caudata, Salamandridae, Triturus cristatus superspecies)",
number = "5",
volume = "47",
pages = "585-590",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5249"
}