Incubation temperature and phenotypic traits of Sceloporus undulatus: Implications for the northern limits of distribution

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-231

  Parker, Scott L ^a,b   Andrews, Robin M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold climate hypothesis; Degree days; Distributional limits; Egg incubation; Sceloporus undulatus

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EGG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; LIZARD; OVIPARITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; IGUANAS; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ABADEH; ASIA; EURASIA; FARS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33847288883     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0583-0     Document Type: Article

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