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<journal-id>1659-4266</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Investigación UNED]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Investigación UNED]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-4266</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1659-42662019000200101</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22458/urj.v11i2.2196</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Scorpion body size, litter characteristics, and duration of the life cycle (Scorpiones)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monge-Nájera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julián]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Estatal a Distancia Vicerrectoría de Investigación Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ San José]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>101</fpage>
<lpage>104</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-42662019000200101&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-42662019000200101&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-42662019000200101&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT There are no studies that quantitatively compare life histories among scorpion species. Statistical procedures applied to 94 scorpion species indicate that those with larger bodies do not necessarily have larger litters or longer life cycles, opposite to some theoretical predictions.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN &#8220;Tamaño corporal, características de la camada y duración del ciclo de vida en los escorpiones (Scorpiones)&#8221;. No hay estudios que comparen cuantitativamente historias de vida entre especies de escorpiones. Procedimientos estadísticos aplicados a 94 especies indican que las especies con cuerpos más grandes no necesariamente tienen camadas más grandes o ciclos de vida más largos, contrario a algunas predicciones teóricas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[scorpion ecology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[multivariate statistics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[body size]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[offspring characteristics, K and r strategists]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ecología de escorpiones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estadísticas multivariables]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tamaño corporal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[características de descendencia, estrategas K y r.]]></kwd>
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