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- 2. The influence of maternal basking opportunities on gestation length and juvenile
- phenotype was investigated in a viviparous scincid lizard,
- Niveoscincus ocellatus. Females were housed under one of two experimental regimes (10 or 4 h access to basking) which
- reflected the natural variation in temperature, potentially one of the most important
- proximate sources of life-history variation.
- 3. Females with longer access to basking gave birth significantly earlier than those
- with reduced basking opportunities. Maternal access to basking significantly affected
- the phenotype and growth rate of her offspring.
- 4. Offspring born after relatively rapid development were longer, heavier and in better
- condition than offspring born after slower development.
- 5. In standard laboratory conditions, offspring born after rapid development grew
- more rapidly than those born after slower development, thus amplifying the difference in
- body size between these two groups postpartum.
- 6. These results suggest the existence of a strong selective pressure on female basking
- behaviour through the effect of the maternal environment on embryo development
- and offspring phenotype and highlight the role of temperature as a proximate source
- of variation in both the timing of reproductive events and in key life-history traits of
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- phenotype was investigated in a viviparous scincid lizard,
- Niveoscincus ocellatus. Females were housed under one of two experimental regimes (10 or 4 h access to basking) which
- reflected the natural variation in temperature, potentially one of the most important
- proximate sources of life-history variation.
- 3. Females with longer access to basking gave birth significantly earlier than those
- with reduced basking opportunities. Maternal access to basking significantly affected
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- body size between these two groups postpartum.
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Maternal basking opportunity affects juvenile phenotype in a viviparous lizard</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wapstra, Erik</span> (2000) <xhtml:em>Maternal basking opportunity affects juvenile phenotype in a viviparous lizard.</xhtml:em> Functional Ecology, 14 (3). pp. 345-352. ISSN 0269-8463</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 href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2420/1/Wapstra2000maternalbasking.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2420/1/Wapstra2000maternalbasking.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />303Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3127" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00428.x">http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00428.x</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">1. The effects of external conditions on embryonic development have been repeatedly
- examined in oviparous reptile species, but the effect of gestation conditions on offspring
- traits in viviparous species has rarely been examined.
- 2. The influence of maternal basking opportunities on gestation length and juvenile
- phenotype was investigated in a viviparous scincid lizard,
- Niveoscincus ocellatus. Females were housed under one of two experimental regimes (10 or 4 h access to basking) which
- reflected the natural variation in temperature, potentially one of the most important
- proximate sources of life-history variation.
- 3. Females with longer access to basking gave birth significantly earlier than those
- with reduced basking opportunities. Maternal access to basking significantly affected
- the phenotype and growth rate of her offspring.
- 4. Offspring born after relatively rapid development were longer, heavier and in better
- condition than offspring born after slower development.
- 5. In standard laboratory conditions, offspring born after rapid development grew
- more rapidly than those born after slower development, thus amplifying the difference in
- body size between these two groups postpartum.
- 6. These results suggest the existence of a strong selective pressure on female basking
- behaviour through the effect of the maternal environment on embryo development
- and offspring phenotype and highlight the role of temperature as a proximate source
- of variation in both the timing of reproductive events and in key life-history traits of
- neonates.
- </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">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Gestation conditions, growth rate, life-history variation, maternal effects, phenotypic plasticity
- </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/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">2420</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 Erik Wapstra</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">15 Nov 2007 14:57</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=2420;">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=2420">item control page</a></p>
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