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

SIMPLE SUMMARY: We measured female reproductive traits of a colubrid snake (Lycodon rufozonatus) from Zhejiang, East China in four years (1999, 2010, 2011, and 2014). After removing the influence of female size, postpartum body mass was greater in 2010 than in 2014, clutch mass was greater in 2010 t...

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Autores principales: Guo, Kun, Li, Xiang-Mo, Wu, Yan-Qing, Qu, Yan-Fu, Ji, Xiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9219438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35739831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12121494

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9219438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35739831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12121494

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