The temperature-sensitive period (TSP) during incubation of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) eggs

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Piña, Carlos I ^a,b,c   Siroski, Pablo ^a   Larriera, Alejandro ^a   Lance, Valentine ^d   Verdade, Luciano M ^c  

^a Proyecto Yacaré   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligatoridae; Caiman; Crocodylia; Eggs; Incubation; Reproduction; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROCODILIAN; EMBRYO; INCUBATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 34250891777     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807779799090     Document Type: Article

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