Embryonic temperature shapes behavioural change following social experience in male leopard geckos, Eublepharis macularius

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 839-846

  Sakata, Jon T ^a,b   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIZARD; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE;

EUBLEPHARIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; FELIDAE; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0345392815     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2294     Document Type: Article

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