Climate warming and reproduction in Chinese alligators

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-137

  Zhang, F ^a,b,c   Li, Yiming ^a   Guo, Z ^a   Murray, B R ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese alligators; Climate warming; Clutch size; Conservation; Oviposition date; Phenology

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPTILE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA;

EID: 63149142167     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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