Maternal body volume constrains water uptake by lizard eggs in utero

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 845-851

  Qualls, C P ^a,b   Andrews, R M ^a  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg retention; Physical constraint; Sceloporus scalaris; Sceloporus virgatus; Water content

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EGG; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; WATER RELATIONS;

SCELOPORUS;

EID: 0033428160     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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