Experimental evaluation of reproductive response to climate warming in an oviparous skink

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-183

  Lu, Hongliang ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Tang, Wenqi ^a   Du, Weiguo ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Global warming; Phenotypic variation; Reproductive output; Scincella modesta; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; ZYGOTE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHINA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84884400806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12025     Document Type: Article

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