Measuring Annual Variation in Reproductive Output Reveals a Key Role of Maternal Body Condition in Determining the Size of Eggs in Snakes

Long-term studies are especially suited for disentangling the effects of extrinsic and intrinsic factors on both total reproductive investment and reproductive allocation in offspring number versus offspring size. Female reproductive traits of the red-banded wolf snake (<i>Lycodon rufozonatus</i>) f...

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Autors principals:	Kun Guo, Xiang-Mo Li, Yan-Qing Wu, Yan-Fu Qu, Xiang Ji
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Col·lecció:	Animals
Matèries:	clutch size clutch mass Colubridae egg size female reproduction life history variability
Accés en línia:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/12/1494
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