The burden of motherhood: The effect of reproductive load on female lizard locomotor, foraging, and social behavior

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1217-1225

  Johnson, Michele A ^a,b   Caton, Jessica L ^b   Cohen, Rachel E ^b   Vandecar, Joseph R ^b   Wade, Juli ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78349237740     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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