Egg incubation effects generate positive correlations between size, speed and learning ability in young lizards

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 337-347

  Amiel, Joshua Johnstone ^a   Lindström, Tom ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Cognition; Correlations; Locomotor performance

Indexed keywords

BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; OVUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893792219     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0665-4     Document Type: Article

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