Structural and performance costs of reproduction in a pure capital breeder, the children's python Antaresia childreni

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-183

  Lourdais, Olivier ^a,b   Lorioux, Sophie ^a   DeNardo, Dale F ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; CATABOLISM; CLUTCH SIZE; FAT; MUSCLE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOIDAE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BOIDAE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVIPARITY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 84874402196     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669127     Document Type: Article

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