The effect of incubation temperature on egg survival, hatchling traits and embryonic use of energy in the blue-tailed skink, Eumeces elegans

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Du, Wei Guo ^a,b   Shou, Lu ^b   Liu, Ji Ke ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Egg incubation; Eumeces elegans; Hatchling; Locomotor performance; Morphological characteristics

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; ENERGY USE; INCUBATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EMOIA CYANURA; EUMECES;

EID: 1342269841     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769682558     Document Type: Article

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