Phenotypic consequences of incubation environment in the African elapid genus Aspidelaps

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-308

  Reichling, Steven B ^a,b   Gutzke, William H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential mortality; Egg incubation; Elapidae; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ASPIDELAPS; ASPIDELAPS SCUTATUS; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030557699     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:3<301::AID-ZOO8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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