Fitness costs may explain the post-colonisation erosion of phenotypic plasticity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 735-739

  Aubret, F ^a,b   Shine, R ^b  

^a USR 2936   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Cost; Phenotypic plasticity; Prey; Snake; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SWALLOWING; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEGLUTITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHENOTYPE; SNAKES; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS;

SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 76749098083     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040576     Document Type: Article

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