Maternal and abiotic effects on egg mortality and hatchling size of turtles: Temporal variation in selection over seven years

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 857-866

  Warner, Daniel A ^a   Jorgensen, Christopher F ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg incubation; Egg size; Egg survival; Maternal effects; Nest moisture; Nest temperature; Nesting phenology; Phenotypic selection; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURTLE; VEGETATION COVER;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78751652638     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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