Cold climates and the evolution of viviparity in reptiles: Cold incubation temperatures produce poor-quality offspring in the lizard, Sceloporus virgatus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-376

  Qualls, Carl P ^a,b   Andrews, Robin M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental instability; Embryonic development; Fitness; Fluctuating asymmetry; Growth; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; INCUBATION; LIZARD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIVIPARITY;

PHRYNOSOMATINAE; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032805891     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0307     Document Type: Article

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