Giving offspring a head start in life: Field and experimental evidence for selection on maternal basking behaviour in lizards

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 651-657

  Wapstra, E ^a   Uller, T ^c   While, G M ^a   Olsson, M ^b   Shine, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basking behaviour; Birth date; Female strategies; Offspring growth; Offspring survival; Parent offspring conflict; Selection; Squamate reptile; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRTH DATE; ECTOTHERMY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARTURITION; SURVIVAL; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; NIVEOSCINCUS OCELLATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 77749254698     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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