Social and thermal cues influence nest-site selection in a nocturnal gecko, Oedura lesueurii

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 796-801

  Pike, David A ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Andrews, Robin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREEDING SITE; EGG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIZARD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; OVIPARITY; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SHELTER; SITE SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; OEDURA LESUEURII;

EID: 80051668430     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01931.x     Document Type: Article

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