Obligate costs of parental care to offspring: Egg brooding-induced hypoxia creates smaller, slower and weaker python offspring

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 414-421

  Stahlschmidt, Zachary R ^a   Denardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive significance; Children's python (Antaresia childreni); Offspring quality; Respiration; Snake; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BROOD REARING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HYPOXIA; METABOLISM; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESPIRATION; SNAKE;

ANTARESIA CHILDRENI;

EID: 70349226727     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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