Do incubation-induced changes in a lizard's phenotype influence its vulnerability to predators?

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-18

  Downes, Sharon J ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation; Reptile; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; INCUBATION; LIZARD; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0032861185     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050827     Document Type: Article

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