|
|||||
|
|
A global test of the cold‐climate hypothesis for the evolution of viviparity of squamate reptiles |
|
| Authors: | Liang Ma Lauren B. Buckley Raymond B. Huey Wei‐Guo Du |
| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China;3. Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
| Abstract: | |
| Keywords: | biophysical model cold‐climate hypothesis developmental time developmental viability embryo energy consumption reproductive mode squamate thermoregulation viviparity |