Communal egg-laying in reptiles and amphibians: Evolutionary patterns and hypotheses

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-252

  Doody, J Sean ^a   Freedberg, Steve ^b   Keogh, J Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conspecific cueing; Egg aggregations; Evolutionary stable strategy; Game theory; Oviposition site choice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG LAYING; GAME; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; GAME THEORY; GENETIC SPECIATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; REPTILES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349330223     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605078     Document Type: Review

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