Reptilian Incubation provides extensive reviews of our existing understanding of reptilian incubation, presenting fresh interpretations where appropriate, and also presents many data previously unpublished.

Contents

1. Reptilian Incubation: Evolution and the Fossil Record
2. Thermal, Hydric and Respiratory Climate of Nests
3. Egg Morphology and Composition
4. Patterns of Embryonic Development
5. Effects of Incubation Temperature
6. Water in Reptilian Eggs and Hatchlings
7. Energy Provision and Utilisation
8. Adaptive Consequences of Developmental Plasticity
9. Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination
10. Post-Hatching Phenotypic Effects of Incubation in Reptiles
11. Artificial Incubation
12. Perspectives in Reptilian Incubation

Index

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