Longterm effects of incubation temperatures on the morphology and locomotor performance of hatchling lizards (Bassiana duperreyi, Scincidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-447

  Elphick, Melanie J ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Life history; Phenotype; Reptiles; Squamates

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

BASSIANA DUPERREYI;

EID: 0031980757     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0198     Document Type: Article

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