The effect of short-term weather fluctuations on temperatures inside lizard nests, and on the phenotypic traits of hatchling lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 555-565

  Shine, Richard ^a   Elphick, Melanie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bassiana duperreyi; Incubation; Phenotypic plasticity; Reptile

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; LIZARD; NEST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER;

BASSIANA; BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034954861     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0516     Document Type: Article

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