Cryptic and Complex Nesting in the Yellow-Spotted Monitor,<i>Varanus panoptes</i>

Journal of Herpetology - Tập 48 Số 3 - Trang 363-370 - 2014
J. Sean Doody1,2, H. G. James3, Paul Doughty4, Noula Gibson3, Mitchell Raven3, Stephen V. Mahony3, David G. Hamilton5, David Rhind6, Simon Clulow3, Colin R. McHenry7
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610, USA
2School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
3University of Newcastle.
4Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, Western Australia 6106 Australia
5Australian National University,
6Department of the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
7Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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