Maternal nest-site choice and offspring fitness in a tropical snake (Tropidonophis mairii, Colubridae)

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1627-1634

  Brown, G P ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Egg incubation; Keelback snake; Nest site selection; Offspring fitness; Phenotypic plasticity; Reptile; Tropidonophis mairii

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SITE SELECTION; SNAKE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII;

EID: 4444280800     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0107     Document Type: Article

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