Modelling exposure to selected temperature during pregnancy: The limitations of squamate viviparity in a cool-climate environment

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-552

  Hare, Jonathon R ^a,c   Holmes, Karina M ^b,c   Wilson, Jackie L ^c   Cree, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copper model; Field body temperature; Lizard; Maternal thermophily; Scincidae; Temperature modelling; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LIZARD; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

OLIGOSOMA MACCANNI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 60849126727     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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