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dc.contributor.authorNafus, Melia G.
dc.contributor.authorTodd, B. D.
dc.contributor.authorBuhlmann, K. A.
dc.contributor.authorTuberville, T. D.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-26T23:30:43Z
dc.date.available2020-06-26T23:30:43Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1469-7998
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jzo.12250
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/412
dc.description.abstractHere, we examined the relationship between hatchling and maternal body size in the Mojave Desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii. Our results suggest that, in desert tortoises, maternal body size may indirectly influence offspring fitness via growth and survival for at least the first year of life….
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urlhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.12250/abstract
dc.rightsª 2015 The Zoological Society of London
dc.subjectDESERT TORTOISES
dc.subjectGROWTH
dc.subjectFITNESS
dc.subjectSURVIVAL
dc.subjectYOUNG
dc.subjectINCUBATION
dc.titleConsequences of maternal effects on offspring size, growth and survival in the desert tortoise
dc.typeArticle
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Zoology
dc.source.volume297
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.beginpage108
dc.source.endpage114
dcterms.dateAccepted
html.description.abstractHere, we examined the relationship between hatchling and maternal body size in the Mojave Desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii. Our results suggest that, in desert tortoises, maternal body size may indirectly influence offspring fitness via growth and survival for at least the first year of life….


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