Postural shifts during egg-brooding and their impact on egg water balance in children's pythons (Antaresia childreni)

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1113-1121

  Stahlschmidt, Zachary R ^a   Hoffman, Ty C M ^b   DeNardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phoenix Communication Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG; GAS EXCHANGE; INCUBATION; OVIPOSITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; SNAKE; WATER BUDGET;

ANTARESIA CHILDRENI; PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 53749087815     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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