Thermal effects on reptile reproduction: Adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in a montane lizard

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 642-655

  Telemeco, Rory S ^a   Radder, RAJKUMAR S ^a   Baird, Troy A ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bassiana duperreyi; Maternal manipulation hypothesis; Parental care; Reaction norm; Squamate; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLD REGION; EGG; ELEVATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HATCHING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEST; OVIPOSITION; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REACTION NORM; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL REGIME; VIVIPARITY;

BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77954413528     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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