Delayed parturition: Constraint or coping mechanism in a viviparous gekkonid?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-360

  Rock, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Gestation; Reptile; Temperature variation; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BET-HEDGING; LIZARD; PARTURITION; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

GEKKONIDAE; HOPLODACTYLUS MACULATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33645011586     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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