Influence of reproductive mode on metabolic costs of reproduction: Insight from the bimodal lizard Zootoca vivipara

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 4049-4056

  Foucart, Thomas ^a,b   Lourdais, Olivier ^b,c   Denardo, Dale F ^c   Heulin, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Metabolic cost; Oviparity; Reproduction; Squamate; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIZARD; OVIPARITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCTION; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84925813766     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.104315     Document Type: Article

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