Testing the persistence of phenotypic plasticity after incubation in the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-183

  Buckley, Christine R ^a,c   Jackson, Maddalena ^b   Youssef, Mina ^b   Irschick, Duncan J ^a,c   Adolph, Stephen C ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Incubation; Performance; Phenotypic plasticity; Sceloporus occidentalis; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33846781485     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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