Developmental temperatures and phenotypic plasticity in reptiles: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Biological Reviews

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 72-97

  Noble, Daniel W A ^a   Stenhouse, Vaughn ^b   Schwanz, Lisa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

climate change; crocodile; incubation temperature; lizard; meta regression; parental effects; phenotypes; snake; thermal plasticity; turtle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; PHENOTYPE; REPTILES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85019009544     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12333     Document Type: Article

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