Interactions among thermal parameters determine offspring sex under temperature-dependent sex determination

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 256-265

  Warner, Daniel A ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolurus muricatus; Charnov Bull model; Environmental sex determination; Reaction norm; Thermal fluctuations; Thermal mean variance interaction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEL VARIATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650454552     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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