Relative reproductive effort drives metabolic changes and maternal emaciation during pregnancy in a viviparous snake

Stage Dependence of Phenotypical and Phenological Maternal Effects: Insight into Squamate Reptile Reproductive Strategies

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Dedicated mothers: predation risk and physical burden do not alter thermoregulatory behaviour of pregnant vipers

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Structural and Performance Costs of Reproduction in a Pure Capital Breeder, the Children’s Python Antaresia childreni

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Body temperature and standard metabolic rate of the female viviparous lizard Eremias multiocellata during reproduction

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Intermittent breeding and the dynamics of resource allocation to reproduction, growth and survival

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Are Moms Manipulative Or Just Selfish? Evaluating the “Maternal Manipulation Hypothesis” and Implications For Life-History Studies of Reptiles

(2012) Lin Schwarzkopf et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Manipulative Mothers and Selective Forces: The Effects of Reproduction On Thermoregulation In Reptiles

(2012) Richard Shine   HERPETOLOGICA

Stable isotope tracer reveals that viviparous snakes transport amino acids to offspring during gestation

(2012) J. U. Van Dyke et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Bioenergetic components of reproductive effort in viviparous snakes: Costs of vitellogenesis exceed costs of pregnancy

(2011) James U. Van Dyke et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Experimental litter size reduction reveals costs of gestation and delayed effects on offspring in a viviparous lizard

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The Physiological Cost of Pregnancy in a Tropical Viviparous Snake

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