Nest site choice compensates for climate effects on sex ratios in a lizard with environmental sex determination

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-330

  Doody, J Sean ^a   Guarino, Enzo ^a   Georges, Arthur ^a   Corey, Ben ^a   Murray, Glen ^a   Ewert, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lizard; Nest depth; Nest site choice; Nesting phenology; Physignathus; Pivotal temperature; Temperature dependent sex determination; Water dragon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

PHYSIGNATHUS LESUEURII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33746843570     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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