Manipulative mothers and selective forces: The effects of reproduction on thermoregulation in reptiles

Herpetologica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-298

  Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Developmental plasticity; Life history; Maternal effects; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HERPETOFAUNA; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SITE SELECTION; THERMAL REGIME; THERMOREGULATION; VIABILITY;

EID: 84867311423     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00004.1     Document Type: Article

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