The influence of natural incubation environments on the phenotypic traits of hatchling lizards

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2559-2568

  Shine, Richard ^a   Elphick, Melanie J ^a   Harlow, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Scincidae; Bassiana duperreyi; Brindabella Ranges, southeastern Australia; Embryogenesis, thermal conditions; Lizard hatchlings; Phenotypic variance, reptiles; Temperature fluctuations and hatchling traits; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INCUBATION; LIZARD; PHENOTYPE;

AUSTRALIA;

BASSIANA; BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031401033     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2559:TIONIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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