Eggs in autumn: Responses to declining incubation temperatures by the eggs of montane lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-77

  Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bassiana duperreyi; Hatchling morphology; Locomotor performance; Phenotypic plasticity; Scincidae; Seasonality; Thermal fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; LIZARD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE;

REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036586445     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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