Predation risk of whole-clutch filial cannibalism in a tropical skink with maternal care

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1069-1074

  Huang, Wen San ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eggs cannibalized by a skink; Mabuya longicaudata; Pregnancy; Snake induced behavior

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; EGG; LIZARD; PARENTAL CARE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SNAKE;

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; JAPALURA; MABUYA LONGICAUDATA; OLIGODON; ORCHIDACEAE; PISCES; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56449128969     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn109     Document Type: Article

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