Cohort variation in offspring growth and survival: Prenatal and postnatal factors in a late-maturing viviparous snake

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 640-649

  Baron, Jean Pierre ^a   Le Galliard, Jean François ^a,b   Tully, Thomas ^a,c   Ferriére, Régis ^a,b,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental canalization; Maternal effects; Squamates; Variable environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); COHORT ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATURATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE; SURVIVAL; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SNAKES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

FRANCE; MONT VENTOUX; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAUCLUSE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIPERA URSINII; VIPERINAE;

EID: 77954018760     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01661.x     Document Type: Article

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