Increased pre-natal maternal corticosterone promotes philopatry of offspring in common lizards Lacerta vivipara

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 404-413

  De Fraipont, Michelle ^a,b   Clobert, Jean ^a   John Alder, Henry ^c   Meylan, Sandrine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dispersal; Kin competition; Kin discrimination; Maternal effect; Stress

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHILOPATRY;

LACERTA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0034041705     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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