Life history consequences of nest-site variation in tropical pythons (Liasis fuscus)

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 989-997

  Madsen, Thomas ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Demography; Liasis fuscus; Life history; Nest site selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Python; Reproductive frequency; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST SITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADELAIDE RIVER; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

LIASIS FUSCUS; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032895663     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0989:lhcons]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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