Parental thermal environment alters offspring sex ratio and fitness in an oviparous lizard

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2349-2357

  Schwanz, Lisa E ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Marine Bio Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basking behaviour; Environmental sex determination; Maternal effects; Reproductive investment; Sex allocation; Thermal ecology; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; OVIPARITY; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LIZARDS; MALE; OVIPARITY; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84982994884     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.139972     Document Type: Article

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