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Only child syndrome in snakes: Eggs incubated alone produce asocial individuals
Egg-clustering and communal nesting behaviours provide advantages to offspring. Advantages range from anti-predatory benefits, maintenance of moisture and temperature levels within the nest, preventing the eggs from rolling, to enabling hatching synchrony through embryo communication. It was recentl...
Autores principales: | Aubret, Fabien, Bignon, Florent, Kok, Philippe J. R., Blanvillain, Gaëlle |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5071763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35752 |
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