Shift in Thermal Preferences of Female Oviparous Common Lizards During Egg Retention: Insights into the Evolution of Reptilian Viviparity

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-359

  Rodríguez Díaz, Tania ^a   Braña, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gestation environment; Hatching success; Incubation time; Maternal manipulation hypothesis

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 80051678529     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9122-y     Document Type: Article

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