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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Multiennial Reproduction in Females of a Viviparous, Temperate-zone Skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Edwards, Ashley</span> and <span class="person_name">Jones, Susan M.</span> and <span class="person_name">Wapstra, Erik</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Multiennial Reproduction in Females of a Viviparous, Temperate-zone Skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea.</xhtml:em> Herpetologica, 58 (4). pp. 407-414. ISSN 0018-0831</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_635' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/624/1/multiennial_cycles_paper.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_635' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_635"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/624/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/624/1/multiennial_cycles_paper.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF (Author Version)</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />102Kb</td></tr></table><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Reproductive frequency in captive and wild-caught female of Tiliqua nigrolutea was examined over five consecutive reproductive seasons. Reproductive frequency (0.38 +/- 0.035) was clearly different from an annual pattern of 1.0 (i.e. all females reproducing every year). Individual females did not reproduce every year, but "skipped" seasons were staggered such that a proportion of the population produced a clutch each season. Skipped reproductive opportunities are attributed to a combination of a long gestation, high relative clutch mass (0.43 +/- 0.034), parturition late in the active season, a cessation of feeding in the latter stages of gestation and low autumn temperatures limiting post-partum feeding opportunities.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Lizard; Multiennial cycle; Relative clutch mass; Reproductive frequency; Skink; Temperate-zone; Tiliqua nigrolutea, Viviparous</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270604.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270600 Physiology > 270604 Comparative Physiology</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270603.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270600 Physiology > 270603 Animal Physiology - Systems</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270706.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270706 Life Histories (incl. Population Ecology)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">624</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Ashley Edwards</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">18 Jan 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=624;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=624">item control page</a></p>
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