The consequences of alternative parental care tactics in free-ranging pythons in tropical Australia

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 812-821

  Stahlschmidt, Zachary R ^a,c   Shine, Richard ^b   Denardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg brooding; Liasis fuscus; Life history trade off; Maternal care; Nest attendance; Nest site selection; Parent offspring trade off; Polymorphism; Pythons

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL CARE; NEST SITE; OVIPOSITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POLYMORPHISM; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SITE SELECTION; SNAKE; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA;

LIASIS FUSCUS; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84863991223     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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