Temperature-dependent rate of clutch production in a tropical lizard (Paroedura picta: Gekkonidae): Intraspecific test of the metabolic theory of ecology

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-184

  Kubička, Lukáš ^a   Starostová, Zuzana ^a   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Life history; Lizard; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproduction; Thermal effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PAROEDURA PICTA; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

GEKKONIDAE; PAROEDURA PICTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84858284116     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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