Fitness of juvenile lizards depends on seasonal timing of hatching, not offspring body size

2007/07/25 by Daniel A. Warner, Richard Shine · 171 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian clutch size #Biology #Ecology #Hatching #Hatchling #Incubation #Juvenile #Life history #Life history theory #Maternal effect #Offspring #Pregnancy #Reproduction #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Yolk #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0809-9

published in Oecologia 154(1), 65-73 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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