Is increased maternal basking an adaptation or a pre-adaptation to viviparity in lizards?

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 524-535

  Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TAIL; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33744483382     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.291     Document Type: Article

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