Reproducing lizards modify sex allocation in response to operational sex ratios

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-50

  Warner, Daniel A ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolurus muricatus; Environmental sex determination; Sex ratio; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; VIVIPARITY; ANIMAL; GENDER AND SEX; MALE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; OVIPARITY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 34248347165     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0579     Document Type: Article

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