Do gravid females become selfish? Female allocation of energy during gestation

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-242

  Itonaga, Keisuke ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BODY CONDITION; EMBRYO; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PREGNANCY; TRADE-OFF; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; LIZARD; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCES; LIZARDS; PHENOTYPE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; TASMANIA; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

ANIMALIA; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 84859757714     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665567     Document Type: Article

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