Why do female lizards lay their eggs in communal nests?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 881-887

  Radder, Rajkumar S ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Bassiana duperreyi; Reproduction; Scincidae; Sociality

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGGRESSION; COLONIAL BREEDING; EGG; FIELD SURVEY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIZARD; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; METABOLISM; NESTING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EGGS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547900271     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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