Can pregnant lizards adjust their offspring phenotypes to environmental conditions?

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Shine, Richard ^a   Downes, Sharon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental maternal effects; Predation; Prey availability; Reptile; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

PSEUDEMOIA; PSEUDEMOIA PAGENSTECHERI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032945932     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050754     Document Type: Article

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