Like mother, like daughter: Inheritance of nest-site location in snakes

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-133

  Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heritability; Nesting; Philopatry; Reptile

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HERITABILITY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHLING; HERITABILITY; INHERITANCE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHILOPATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII;

EID: 38349083317     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0605     Document Type: Article

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