Relative reproductive effort drives metabolic changes and maternal emaciation during pregnancy in a viviparous snake

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-56

  Dupoue A ^a,b   Lourdais, O ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emaciation; Fecundity; Metabolic rate; Pregnancy; Relative reproductive effort; Vipera aspis

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; VIPERA; VIPERA ASPIS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84899904525     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12116     Document Type: Article

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