Nesting in a thermally challenging environment: Nest-site selection in a rock-dwelling gecko, Oedura lesueurii (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-259

  Pike, David A ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Communal nesting; Crevice; Hydric regimes; Selection; Thermal regimes; Velvet

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLUTCH SIZE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; LIZARD; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; OVIPOSITION; SITE SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

GEKKONIDAE; HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES; OEDURA LESUEURII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 75649091889     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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