Energy expenditure for parental care may be trivial for brooding pythons, Python regius

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1043-1053

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b   Bonnet, Xavier ^a,c,d   Shine, Richard ^d   Maumelat, Stéphanie ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CLUTCH SIZE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNAKE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOGO; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PYTHON REGIUS; PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 17844403773     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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