Effects of maternal basking and food quantity during gestation provide evidence for the selective advantage of matrotrophy in a viviparous lizard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH RATE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIZARD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864851290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041835     Document Type: Article

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