Grass snakes exploit anthropogenic heat sources to overcome distributional limits imposed by oviparity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1095-1102

  Löwenborg, Kristin ^a   Shine, Richard ^b   Kärvemo, Simon ^c   Hagman, Mattias ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geographic distribution; Maternal manipulation hypothesis; Natricine; Reproductive mode; Thermoregulation; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HATCHING; HEAT SOURCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCUBATION; MANURE; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; OVIPARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

EUROPE;

NATRIX NATRIX; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 78149316936     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01730.x     Document Type: Article

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