Long-lasting effects of among- but not within-litter timing of birth in a viviparous lizard

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1259-1270

  While, Geoffrey M ^a   Uller, Tobias ^b   McEvoy, Jo ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth date; Egernia whitii; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

EGERNIA WHITII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 73849141949     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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