Multi-scale approach to understanding climate effects on offspring size at birth and date of birth in a reptile

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-175

  Cadby, Chloé D ^a   While, Geoffrey M ^a   Hobday, Alistair J ^b   Uller, Tobias ^c   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric index; Climate change; Lizard; Phenology; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

NIVEOSCINCUS OCELLATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 78549245886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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