The behavioural and physiological strategies of bird and reptile embryos in response to unpredictable variation in nest temperature

Biological Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-30

  Du, Wei Guo ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniote; Developmental plasticity; Embryogenesis; Thermal acclimation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; EMBRYOLOGY; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; OVUM; REPTILES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84894766260     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12089     Document Type: Article

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