Maternal size and stress and offspring philopatry: An experimental study in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara)

Authors :: Sandrine Meylan
Michelle de Fraipont
Jean Clobert
Source :: Écoscience. 11:123-129
Publication Year :: 2004
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2004.
Abstract: During gestation, many morphological, physiological, and behavioural traits are influenced by the maternal environment. Previous experiments on natal dispersal in Lacerta vivipara demonstrated that...

Subjects :: 0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology
Ecology
biology
Lizard
Offspring
Maternal effect
Zoology
Lacerta vivipara
biology.organism_classification
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
biology.animal
Biological dispersal
Philopatry
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences

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